Reflections on Fox River Grove bus-train crash 25 years later
It was 25 years ago. The Fox River Grove crash.
I was in Orlando, Florida, attending the National Association of Pupil…
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Louisiana Lt Gov: motorcoach industry ‘vital’ to tourism, emergency response
Louisiana Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser understands the importance of the country’s motorcoach industry. He wrote this op-ed explaining the critical role operators play in the…
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Dick was in trouble.
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My record is perfect.
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Don’t let a passing moron decide what’s safe for your motorcoach
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Setting comeback pricing: Resist the urge to race to the bottom
My buddy and I rolled backward off the Cape Ann Diver into the water and began a race to the bottom.
The Nina T was…
The art of being wrong: Live to mess up another day
I was wrong.
Wallowing astern of a commercial fishing boat tied up in Gloucester Harbor, I yelled up to the captain that all four props…
A focus on relationships might be key to surviving crisis
“Swinging over Hell on a rotten vine” seems an accurate description of the bus industry’s current situation. The best thing to do right now might…
We’re in a Darwinian shift and it feels like an earthquake
No good deed goes unpunished.
An Allison regional representative invited me and a buddy to dinner at a rootin’ tootin’ restaurant in the basement of…