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Articles•March 27, 2014

UMA Expo 2014: Partnerships, Upgraded Vehicles Make Impact

With a focus of building on the co-located show with the NTA, understanding and growing new business relationships across the whole travel and tour industry is a key theme. Meanwhile, new vehicle models, including some new to the private bus market, make their debut.

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News•by Staff•March 27, 2014

S.F. voters support 'Google buses,' poll says

The telephone poll of 500 likely San Francisco voters found that, overall, 57% have a favorable view of the shuttles, and only 18% have a negative view.

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News•by Staff•March 25, 2014

Va. bus crash kills 1, injures 16

An American Transportation bus hit a guardrail and overturned along Interstate 95 before dawn on Sunday. Witnesses reported that a speeding passenger vehicle swerved into the bus’s travel lane and the bus swerved to avoid it.

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Products•March 21, 2014

Hydraulic Mobile Column Lift Series

The ST 1085 features a lifting capacity of 18,500 lbs. per column and is equipped with extra-long adjustable pick-up forks of 14 inches — well suited to safely raise all types of vehicles.

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Products•March 21, 2014

High-definition cameras

AngelTrax' new line of onboard interior and exterior high-definition cameras features "SmartInfrared" technology coupled with advanced dual-exposure image processing, improving nighttime and low light video capture.

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News•by Staff•March 21, 2014

FMCSA shuts down 2 motorcoach operators

Each operator, which are from Ga. and S.C., were ordered to immediately shut down for disregarding federal safety regulations and putting their companies’ own drivers, passengers and the public at risk.

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News•by Staff•March 18, 2014

Motorcoach census finds steady, solid growth

According to a new study released by the American Bus Association Foundation, while the number of U.S. carriers and motorcoaches were down in 2012 by 0.7% and 1.8%, respectively, the number of passenger trips rose by 10,453 trips, or 1.7%, compared to 2011.

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News•by Staff•March 14, 2014

FMCSA proposes electronic logs to monitor driver hours

The rulemaking would significantly reduce the paperwork burden associated with hours-of-service recordkeeping for interstate bus and truck drivers.

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News•by Staff•March 14, 2014

Utah bus operation, driver declared imminent hazard

Sandy, Utah-based Serv-A-Bus LLC continued to transport passengers despite a January 2013 cease operations order and revocation of its U.S. DOT registration, while a Conn.-based driver failed to disclose prior health issues.

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News•by Staff•March 11, 2014

AngelTrax expands operations to the Midwest

The supplier opens a new operations center in Jeffersonville, Ind. The expansion will enable AngelTrax to introduce new solutions in a larger, more central market, officials say.

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