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Newsby StaffMarch 18, 2011

NTSB to change 'Most Wanted' program

The new Board Order stipulates that future lists would be limited to a maximum of 10 issue areas, each supported by recommendations, and that the formerly separate state and federal Most Wanted Lists be combined into a single, comprehensive list.

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Newsby StaffMarch 18, 2011

Starcraft releases MFSAB

The Prodigy XP was designed and built from the ground up in order to utilize the same body style as Starcraft's recently released Xpress shuttle bus.

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Newsby StaffMarch 18, 2011

Iowa's Windstar acquires Kincaid Coach’s Neb. branch

The purchase of Kincaid’s Lincoln, Neb. terminal will be Windstar Lines Inc.’s first location outside the state of Iowa.

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Newsby StaffMarch 18, 2011

N.Y. DMV: Coach driver likely made false statements

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office released motor vehicles data to investigators regarding "evidence of false statements" made by Ophadell Williams, the driver of a tour bus in a crash that killed 15 people.

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Newsby StaffMarch 17, 2011

BusRates.com hires marketing group

Mills Marketing Group has been a valuable resource for many hotels, attractions, restaurants, retail, convention and visitors' bureaus and other allied travel businesses for the past three years, according to the company.

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Newsby StaffMarch 17, 2011

Senators push for increased motorcoach safety

New York Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles E. Schumer said they would co-sponsor motorcoach safety legislation recently reintroduced by Sen. U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), while Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) called on the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Ray LaHood to move forward in implementing safety measures outlined in DOT's Motorcoach Safety Action Plan.

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Newsby StaffMarch 17, 2011

Discount coach drivers suffer long hours, lack of rest

After last week’s motorcoach accident in the Bronx, which caused 15 fatalities, a spotlight has been put on the discount tour bus industry, which "demands long hours of drivers, but offers little pay or rest."

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Newsby StaffMarch 17, 2011

ABA's Pantuso releases statement on motorcoach safety

"While motorcoaches historically have been one of the safest forms of transportation, it is always a tragedy when accidents occur. In truth, fatal motorcoach accidents have been a rare occurrence over the past ten years, but one fatality is one too many."

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Newsby StaffMarch 16, 2011

Motorcoach Council appoints new board members

New members of the Board include Autumn Dipert-Brown of Dan Dipert Coaches (Texas); Elaine Fickett of H&L Charters Company, Inc. (Calif.); Tom McCaughey of Flagship Trailways (R.I.); Tom Morgan of Gray Line Tucson (Ariz.); Mike Costa of A Yankee Line (Mass.); and Shannon Kaser of Royal Excursion (Ind.).

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Newsby StaffMarch 16, 2011

Prevost delivers H3-45s to Roberts Hawaii

The 20 luxury coaches — the operation’s first Prevosts — represent an investment of over $14 million by the company.

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