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Newsby StaffJune 16, 2015

Greyhound launches real-time bus tracking system

Automatically updating every one to four minutes, BusTracker pulls data from three tracking systems installed on all of Greyhound’s buses to provide the latest schedule status for customers.

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Newsby StaffApril 14, 2015

Greyhound riders accused of calling in bomb threat charged

The threat was called in about 5:30 p.m. Friday, as the bus was traveling from New York state to Cleveland. The men claimed they were affiliated with Al-Qaeda and had a bomb that would destroy the White House.

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ArticlesJanuary 5, 2015

Fleets Growing, Business Strong for Motorcoach Top 50

With an increase of 2,052 vehicles compared with 2013, 79% and 63% of respondents plan on adding new or used vehicles, respectively, in the coming year. Meanwhile, business is up at 81% of the operations surveyed, a significant increase from last year’s reported 62%.

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Newsby StaffJune 20, 2014

Man who crashed Greyhound bus erratic prior to incident

The Phoenix-bound Greyhound bus crashed after a man forcibly took the wheel from the driver and shouted “we are all going to die.”

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Newsby StaffMay 30, 2014

Trailways unveils Ride Along video series

The YouTube film series captures the bus ride itself, interviews with bus riders and frontline company employees, and several travel destinations.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 21, 2014

Greyhound driver praised for handling of bomb threat

The driver asks a man, who is overheard by passengers talking on a cell phone about blowing up the bus, to leave the bus. When he refuses, the driver asks the riders to evacuate the bus and calls the police, who arrive immediately.

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ArticlesJanuary 14, 2014

‘Polar Vortex’ freezes up public transit service

Amtrak suffered some service disruptions and delays, with three trains halted about 80 miles from Chicago, when drifting snow and ice made the tracks impassable.

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Newsby StaffOctober 10, 2013

Greyhound bus strikes tractor-trailer in Pa.

The New York City-to-Ohio Greyhound Charter bus crashed in the westbound lanes of I-80 in Union County's White Deer Township, near the exit for Williamsport.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 26, 2013

Greyhound's Express service adds Midwest, Southeast routes

New routes will connect Atlanta to Jacksonville, Fla., and Memphis, Tenn., to Dallas expanding the company’s Express network to more than 1,000 potential direct-service intercity pairs available in more than 100 markets in North America.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 26, 2013

Bus driver in Ohio crash passed out at wheel

He told police at the scene of the accident that he had been drinking coffee, began coughing and lost consciousness. The bus veered off the interstate and flipped over in the Sept. 14 crash, injuring at least 35 people.

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