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News•by Staff•October 7, 2014

Facebook drivers call on CEO to help union efforts

In a letter, the top Teamsters official for Northern California urged Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg to press Facebook’s shuttle bus contractor to agree to bargain with the union on behalf of the 40 drivers who ferry Facebook employees to work.

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News•by Staff•September 30, 2014

CH Bus delivers Temsa TS 35 to Mass.

All of A&A Metro Transportation's coaches are equipped with a Cummins/Allison drivetrain, and A&A’s coaches also offer quality features, such as 110-volt plugs, Alcoa Dura Bright wheels, an auxiliary preheater, rear camera, a rear window and an Elite REI A/V system.

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News•by Staff•September 26, 2014

Ridesharing services face legal threats in California

The district attorneys of San Francisco and Los Angeles on Thursday accused the companies of violating California business law and threatened an injunction on its service following a joint investigation, according to a letter reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

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News•by Staff•September 26, 2014

No indications of U.S. subway terror plot, officials say

Intelligence and law enforcement agencies have no indications of an ISIS terror plot against U.S. transit systems, two U.S. law enforcement officials told CNN earlier.

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News•by Staff•September 24, 2014

Green tech major feature at BusCon 2014

At least six electric vehicles, ranging from passenger vans to cutaway buses to a mid-sized transit bus and a trolley bus, were featured both on the show floor and at a special ride along held in conjunction with the show.

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News•by Staff•September 23, 2014

Safe Fleet acquires Seon

This is the company's second acquisition in the last nine months and further broadens its extensive product offering, in line with its on-going growth strategy.

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News•by Staff•September 23, 2014

UMA announces Safety Management Seminar schedule

The seminar features "how to" applications of risk management to educate participants on eliminating as much risk as possible. This event is for anyone who manages risk associated with motorcoach fleet operations and is limited to the first 130 registrants.

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News•by Staff•September 23, 2014

MCI delivers J4500s to Minn., Ky.

John Hall's Alaska new vehicle arrived with a spacious 46-passenger seating configuration featuring leather-boxed seats, each with a 110-volt outlet for charging personal electronic devices. Meanwhile, United Coach and Tours' six J4500s replace five older versions of the vehicle.

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News•by Staff•September 23, 2014

Bus co. in Del. crash had safety violations

The New York-based tour bus company involved in Sunday's crash that killed two women and injured 48 east of Red Lion had been cited in July for working a driver too many hours, and collected 18 safety violations since August 2012, federal records show.

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News•by Staff•September 19, 2014

ABC delivering Van Hools to San Antonio, New Orleans

Daisy Charters is adding eight new CX45s while Louisiana Motor Coach will begin taking delivery of the first four 2015 Van Hool CX 2045s and CX 2045Ls in New Orleans this month.

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