NTSB to hold bus, truck forum on status of improvements
Representatives from federal and state agencies, the trucking and bus industries, unions and advocacy groups will serve as panelists during the forum.
Representatives from federal and state agencies, the trucking and bus industries, unions and advocacy groups will serve as panelists during the forum.
In addition, First Transit committed to implementing DriveCam's latest product release, an advanced Fuel Management solution, on key segments of its fleet.
This is the first time Bethesda, Md.-based Frost Miller Group will work in conjunction with Naylor on the oldest trade show for the motorcoach sector in the U.S.
McCoy Trailways is strategically located between Toronto and Montreal, which is only about 30 minutes from the U.S. border.
All buses that were pulled over by state transportation investigators and law enforcement were ordered off the road. One major reason was the lack of an updated hours of service log book.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office released motor vehicles data to investigators regarding "evidence of false statements" made by Ophadell Williams, the driver of a tour bus in a crash that killed 15 people.
The purchase of Kincaid’s Lincoln, Neb. terminal will be Windstar Lines Inc.’s first location outside the state of Iowa.
The Prodigy XP was designed and built from the ground up in order to utilize the same body style as Starcraft's recently released Xpress shuttle bus.
The new Board Order stipulates that future lists would be limited to a maximum of 10 issue areas, each supported by recommendations, and that the formerly separate state and federal Most Wanted Lists be combined into a single, comprehensive list.
"While motorcoaches historically have been one of the safest forms of transportation, it is always a tragedy when accidents occur. In truth, fatal motorcoach accidents have been a rare occurrence over the past ten years, but one fatality is one too many."
After last week’s motorcoach accident in the Bronx, which caused 15 fatalities, a spotlight has been put on the discount tour bus industry, which "demands long hours of drivers, but offers little pay or rest."
New York Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles E. Schumer said they would co-sponsor motorcoach safety legislation recently reintroduced by Sen. U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), while Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) called on the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Ray LaHood to move forward in implementing safety measures outlined in DOT's Motorcoach Safety Action Plan.
Mills Marketing Group has been a valuable resource for many hotels, attractions, restaurants, retail, convention and visitors' bureaus and other allied travel businesses for the past three years, according to the company.
The 20 luxury coaches — the operation’s first Prevosts — represent an investment of over $14 million by the company.
New members of the Board include Autumn Dipert-Brown of Dan Dipert Coaches (Texas); Elaine Fickett of H&L Charters Company, Inc. (Calif.); Tom McCaughey of Flagship Trailways (R.I.); Tom Morgan of Gray Line Tucson (Ariz.); Mike Costa of A Yankee Line (Mass.); and Shannon Kaser of Royal Excursion (Ind.).
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