UMA leaders launch powerful spring agenda
“Coming off an EXPO where UMA operator attendance was up by 14 percent and the show floor was alive with traffic, the UMA executive committee…
Can bus tickets cure homelessness?
Bus tickets: Often a symbol of affordable and safe passage home, they have become an issue of controversy among homeless advocates. Many communities are criticized…
Multiplying zero (emissions)
Battery-electric bus census increased more than a third last year
Battery-electric buses still account for a small portion of the U.S. fleet, but their numbers…
BUSREGS-21 returns to continue important role
It’s back! Likely the most important bus and motorcoach legislation in a decade, “Buses United for Safety, Regulatory Reform, and Enhanced Growth for the 21st…
UMA announces leadership transition
(Alexandria, VA) President and CEO Stacy Tetschner will leave the United Motorcoach Association on March 6, 2020, to become the President and CEO of the…
Recycling old buses into better than new by electric repowering
by Peter Corbett
America’s push to put cleaner and quieter buses on city streets, highways and in school zones is gaining speed.![]()
Prevost ends 2019 and begins 2020 with “bangs”
by Hal Mattern
Prevost ended 2019 with a bang when it landed its largest order ever, in terms of value, with the win of two…
Los Angeles places record electric bus order with BYD
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation ordered 130 BYD K7M buses, the largest single order of battery-electric buses in the United States. The purchase was…
