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ArticlesApril 25, 2013

Innovative Operator Profile: Focusing on the Driver

Spending 34 years in the motorcoach industry as an operator can give you some perspective; it gave Ft. Washington, Md.-based ProTran LLC’s Irving Harris the inside track on knowing what is most important.

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ArticlesApril 24, 2013

Innovative Operator Profile: Team Oriented and Innovative

Innovation is a word that best suits New World Tours. The operation’s fleet consists of 32 2007 Van Hool C2000 series motorcoaches, built by ABC Companies, designed based on feedback provided from a focus group.

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ArticlesApril 24, 2013

Innovative Operator Profile: Breaking Out of the Box

When larger school districts in South Dakota began preferring motorcoaches to the traditional yellow school buses in the early 1990s, a door opened for Miller, S.D.-based Foreman Charters.

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Articlesby Alex RomanApril 16, 2013

Innovative Operator Profile: Employing Technology for Efficient Motorcoach Maintenance

America Charters LTD (ACL) originally began as a bus transportation service for textile employees and citizens of Gaston County, N.C. In 1977, when the city took over the services, ACL became strictly a charter bus company.

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Newsby StaffApril 8, 2013

Feds, industry, police meet on motorcoach safety

Builds on FMCSA's plan to deploy more than 50 specially trained safety investigators throughout the country to begin targeted and in-depth inspections of higher risk motorcoach companies.

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ProductsApril 3, 2013

Dual camera DVR

The new, high-tech Voyager digital video recorder, designed for the bus and motorcoach industry, features dual-camera recording capability along with streamlined user-friendly playback software.

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Newsby StaffMarch 27, 2013

UMA, NTA to host motorcoach safety roundtable

Organizers look forward to a productive exchange of ideas and information about motorcoach safety, with an eye toward awareness and education among tour providers.

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Transit Dispatchesby Alex RomanMarch 14, 2013

Closure of Fung Wah sends clear message

At the end of February, the FMCSA declared the notorious Fung Wah Bus Transportation Inc. to be an imminent hazard and sent the company an out-of-service order, which ordered Fung Wah to immediately provide its entire fleet of 28 motorcoaches for thorough and detailed safety inspections by qualified inspectors. The company was then shut down after not cooperating with FMCSA safety investigators and blocked further access to company safety records.

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Articlesby Nicole SchlosserMarch 13, 2013

Tips for Tracking Motorcoach Quote-to-Close Ratios

Operators share practices crucial to boosting sales, including the use of data management software, engaging the customer and providing quick responses.

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Newsby StaffMarch 5, 2013

FMCSA appoints new motorcoach safety committee members

Committee is charged with providing information, advice and recommendations to FMCSA on safety programs and regulations for large trucks and commercial buses.

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