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Articles•April 24, 2013

Innovative Operator Profile: Being Fabulous Everyday

Most eighth-graders are usually happy enough to go on a field trip; few ever take the reins and actually plan the entire trip, and even fewer parlay that experience into starting their own charter operation by the age of seventeen.

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Articles•April 24, 2013

Innovative Operator Profile: Keeping Customer Communication Open

When Cline Tours owner and operator John McCommon bought the company in 1996, it consisted of one bus, one lease operator and focused on charter service.

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Articles•April 24, 2013

Innovative Operator Profile: Building Relationships

Prior to founding Chicago Classic Coach LLC, President Richard L. Hausman resurrected another local company, making it a major market player

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Articles•April 24, 2013

Innovative Operator Profile: Top Driver Performance Increases Business

In 1930, family-owned Capital/Colonial Trailways opened with a dozen buses, just for scheduled service, similar to Greyhound.

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News•by Staff•April 24, 2013

FMCSA orders D.C. operator to cease operations

This is the first shutdown of a passenger carrier following the deployment earlier this month of more than 50 specially trained safety investigators targeting high-risk passenger carriers.

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News•by Staff•April 24, 2013

MCI delivers to Calif.

DNC Parks and Resorts at Yosemite National Park received six “talking” D4005 coaches. Pacific Coachways Trailways purchased four MCI 2013 J4500s.

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News•by Staff•April 23, 2013

Driver in Texas crash may have blacked out

The April crash was caused when the driver, Loyd Rieve, failed to stay in his lane, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety report, which also disputed earlier accounts that the bus flipped over because of a blown tire or some other mechanical malfunction.

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News•by Staff•April 22, 2013

APTA: More than 35% of U.S. transit buses use alt fuels, hybrid tech

Statistics for early 2011 show that 18.6% of U.S. transit buses used compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG) and blends. Almost 9% (8.8%) of public transit buses were hybrids and nearly 8% (7.9%) of public transit buses used biodiesel.

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Articles•April 19, 2013

Innovative Operator Profile: Diverse Service, Strategies Bring Success

It has been a busy year for Penn.-based Bieber Tourways.

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News•by Staff•April 18, 2013

Volvo Bus Corp. names new president

Håkan Agnevall will replace acting president Håkan Karlsson, head of Volvo Group Business Areas.

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