Millhouser: Passing along survival lessons learned post 9-11
“You’re driving a coach, climbing a two lane mountain pass. On the right is a 2,000 foot drop, and to your left is a sheer…
Category: Opinion
Driving the MC5 was a dream come true, six decades later
Ah… the good old days. The first bus I drove—in 1965, at age 18—was a Brill built the year after I was born… no power…
Another EXPO family reunion
It was at UMA EXPO back in the ’80s when a knock boomed on Sully’s door. A large, unhappy man was in the hotel’s hall…
Learning from a relationship specialist
Halla and I were discussing the state of the industry the other day, and she came up with some brilliant insights. You all know I…
Bus ingredients: Craftsmanship, technology and a really big building
Recently Van Hool invited me to visit their plants in Belgium and North Macedonia. I’ve long wanted to do an article on bus building, both…
The elephant in the room
I just returned from BusWorld in Brussels, and my feet still hurt. My FitBit told me that walking the show, end to end, was over…
Diving and begging for sales in a shrinking industry
Over 30+ years of selling buses I did some strange things to close deals. One of the owners of a quality, small, Connecticut charter operation…
European bus people look like us. And there sure are a lot more of them.
It’s HUGE.
Oakie and I had been invited to October’s Busworld in Brussels, and as we sauntered through the entrance with about 50,000 of our…
When you don’t do science, “common sense” prevails
“I put it on the fax and punched in the number,” whined Margie.
She was driving…
