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.
S.F. MTA chief Nathaniel Ford is rumored to be the leading candidate to become executive director of the airport authority.
"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."
Orbitz for Business customers will now be able to seamlessly plan and book rail travel through the Orbitz for Business tool. The partnership makes Orbitz for Business the first major online travel company to announce integrated, online rail capabilities for U.S. business travelers.
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.
Both Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA), who authored the mandate, and Metrolink are critical of the request. The mandate was written following the Metrolink crash three years ago in Chatsworth.