


Insurance rate climbs ahead?
More claims, higher settlements put pressure on liability insurance rates
Increasing accident exposures and higher costs of claim settlements have kept insurers of commercial auto…
Coalition of East Coast bus operators meets
More than 85 motorcoach industry participants turned up for a regional gathering of the Bus Association of New York State, New England Bus Association, Connecticut…

UCR Enforcement Delayed Until May 1
The Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) Board asked law enforcement agencies to delay action on 2019 registrations to May due to the late issuance of new…

Midwestern floods challenge operators
A perfect storm of weather disasters—a “bomb cyclone” of rain falling as quickly melting snow was overtopping rivers and breaking levees—has meant disruption and in…

Magnify your marketing efforts by reaching all your customers
Recently, I was in the market for a new set of binoculars. Being the armchair shopper that I am, I turned to the web to…

Customers drive motorcoach manufacturer
MCI counts on feedback to fuel advances and growth
DES PLAINS, Ill. — Motor Coach Industries (MCI) has been part of the North American motorcoach…

Operators beware: Ghosts could be haunting your ELDs
The federal electronic logging device mandate is visiting haunting apparitions upon motorcoaches — ghost codes that can shut down engines, jam transmissions or welcome hackers…

Company offers accounting services to operators
PHOENIX — From increased regulation to driver shortages, the motorcoach industry has seen its share of changes over the past few years. One of the…

New York State operators fend off new inspection fee
ALBANY, N.Y. – Motorcoach operators in New York State have once again successfully fought off a proposed inspection/re-inspection fee for motor vehicles transporting passengers.