Offering affordable options to a wide range of users such as hotels, churches, retirement centers, and transit companies, Starcraft Bus is North America’s largest shuttle bus manufacturer.
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Offering affordable options to a wide range of users such as hotels, churches, retirement centers, and transit companies, Starcraft Bus is North America’s largest shuttle bus manufacturer.
At Ford’s recent Fleet Preview and Pool Account Meeting in Denver, Starcraft Bus received the Director’s Award for being the top volume bus manufacturer for 2018.
“We are honored once again to receive this award from Ford,” said David Wright, president of Forest River Bus. “They continue to provide outstanding products and services year after year, but we know these awards wouldn’t be possible without our outstanding employees and loyal dealers throughout the country. This award is a testimony to their hard work and dedication.”
Starcraft Bus, a division of Forest River Inc. and owned by Berkshire Hathaway, designs and builds its buses in Goshen, Indiana. The company has a rich history of manufacturing expertise and dedication to customer satisfaction, building small to mid-size shuttle buses for both the public and private transportation markets.
Offering affordable options to a wide range of users such as hotels, churches, retirement centers, and transit companies, Starcraft Bus is North America’s largest shuttle bus manufacturer.
What truly drives the cost of a paratransit fleet? Beyond the purchase price, seven operational factors quietly determine maintenance frequency, downtime, and long-term service reliability. This whitepaper explores how these factors shape lifecycle cost and what agencies should evaluate when selecting paratransit vehicles.
In this conversation, TBC’s Executive Director Ed Redfern, President Corey Aldridge, and Washington Representative Joel Rubin outline the coalition’s key policy priorities, the challenges facing transit agencies, and how industry stakeholders can work together to strengthen the voice of bus transit at the federal level.
Originally introduced in 2023 as the Bus Line Redesign, the effort has evolved into a more targeted update that maintains familiar routes while improving reliability, frequency, evening and weekend service, and connections across Allegheny County.
S3 will connect communities along SR 522 with fast, reliable, battery-electric bus service from Shoreline South Station to Bothell via Kenmore and Lake Forest Park.
The configuration uses Ster Seating's Gemini seat platform to create a family-friendly floor layout specifically engineered to accommodate parents traveling with young children.
The Renton Transit Center project will relocate and rebuild the Renton Transit Center to better serve the regional Stride S1 line, local King County Metro services, and the future RapidRide I Line.
