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Newsby StaffMay 24, 2013

MCI to deliver 4 J4500s to Canada

Contract includes an option for six more. The new coaches will be used to transport Canadian Armed Forces personnel.

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Newsby StaffMay 23, 2013

UMA, NTA select Atlanta to host 2016 Travel Exchange

Inaugural event, held January 2013 in Orlando, Fla., brought together more than 3,600 tour and travel buyers and sellers, including 1,176 buyers from 632 companies.

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Newsby StaffMay 23, 2013

Greyhound to use airline pricing model to boost profit

FirstGroup will spend as much $40 million on computerized yield-management technology to replace Greyhound’s flat-rate charging plan.

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Articlesby Nicole SchlosserMay 22, 2013

What Motorcoach Operators Need to Know about Web Responsiveness

Mobile devices are surpassing PCs in popularity, becoming the new method for customers to access information about your operation. Responsive web design ensures customers using mobile devices get quick, easy access to all the information on your site.

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Newsby StaffMay 21, 2013

NTSB defends study preceding Chinatown bus shutdowns

An advocacy group cited anomalies in how the board classified motorcoach operators and calculated fatality rates, raising doubts about the report's conclusion that curbside companies, including most Chinatown carriers, are about seven times more likely to have passenger deaths than companies using terminals.

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ArticlesMay 20, 2013

REI celebrates 75th anniversary

METRO Magazine spoke to REI’s President Scott Hays, who reflected on the company’s years in business and discussed its future.

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Newsby StaffMay 20, 2013

FMCSA orders Ill. to cease operations

The owner of Illini Tours, Robert L. Frazier, is also the owner of Lex Express Inc./Lincolnland Express, a passenger carrier ordered to shut down by FMCSA in December 2012 for multiple violations, including making false entries on vehicle maintenance records.

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Newsby StaffMay 16, 2013

FMCSA orders Mexican bus co. to cease U.S. operations

Safety investigators found that Autobuses Zacatecanos failed to ensure that its vehicles were systematically and properly inspected, repaired and maintained. Onsite inspections of the carrier’s four buses revealed such numerous and serious safety violations that all four vehicles were immediately declared out of service.

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Newsby StaffMay 16, 2013

MCI delivers to Ill., Pa., Texas

Chicago’s Pace Suburban Bus ordered 13 Commuter Coaches, with an option for 37 more. Meanwhile, York County, Penn.’s rabbittransit took delivery of three new MCI Commuter Coaches, and Beaumont, Texas’ Sun Travel Trailways received its very first MCI J4500.

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Photo Galleriesby StaffMay 15, 2013

May 2013 in Pictures

A look at METRO's May 2013 issue.

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