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WEB5 days ago — Trans-Bridge Lines expands fleet with clean diesel buses to support sustainability. September 7, 2024 |. Trans-Bridge Lines is bolstering its commitment to sustainability with the addition of four new motorcoaches, each …
Meet the mechanic behind Timi’s Tours bus videos
WEB18 hours ago — Timi’s Tours has been generating buzz online with captivating bus fleet videos, shot using drones and gyro-stabilized cameras. Behind the lens is Jon Furtado, the company’s Regional Maintenance Director, who has turned his hobby of videography into a way to highlight the company’s operations. Furtado’s latest video captured Timi’s ...
GNEMA scholarship winners share their inspirational journeys
WEB21 hours ago — Both winners of GNEMA’s sixth Annual Scholarship Awards were awarded $1,500 and a plaque. The scholarship program, developed to support the higher education and certification goals of GNEMA members and their families, is funded through association-led efforts, including the annual golf outing held on Sept. 17. George Roggiero.
Megabus owner Coach USA files bankruptcy, plans to sell some …
WEBJun 12, 2024 — Coach USA, owner of the Megabus brand, has filed for bankruptcy. The company says it hasn’t been able to recover from a decline in ridership brought on by the pandemic, and that after evaluating its options, it determined that initiating court-supervised sale processes is the best path forward. Coach USA, owned by private-equity firm Variant ...
From under the bus: Meet mechanic Jon Thomas
WEB3 days ago — All Aboard America’s Jon Thomas has won three trophies in the UMA Maintenance Competition. Thomas impressed the judges at the 2024 UMA Maintenance Competition at the UMA Motorcoach EXPO earlier this year, winning second runner-up in the annual contest for the third time. Bus & Motorcoach News caught up with Thomas to ask him about his career ...
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WEBSep 11, 2024 — Fullington Trailways expands Northeast service following Megabus route eliminations. August 21, 2024 | by Bus & Motorcoach News |. Fullington Trailways is expanding its service offerings in the Northeast following Megabus’s recent route eliminations. The company has secured several routes, including daily services between….
New infrastructure law ‘a sweeping victory’ for private bus and ...
WEB(Alexandria, VA) November 15, 2021 — The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) signed this afternoon by President Joe Biden represents a monumental win for the private motorcoach industry as it includes reauthorizations of critical highway funding and safety programs, avoids needless mandates, and preserves the industry’s fuel tax exemption as well as the critically important ...
Get a first in-depth look at the Mercedes Benz bus coming to the …
WEBMar 21, 2022 — Get a first in-depth look at the Mercedes Benz bus coming to the U.S. Mercedes Benz has released its very own motorcoach here in the U.S., and I had a chance to go behind the scenes to look at the first two hand-built prototypes of the Mercedes-Benz Tourrider at the 2022 UMA Motorcoach EXPO in Long Beach, California.
Motorcoach manufacturers expect rise in sales, fleet planning
WEBMar 7, 2022 — The presence of seven motorcoach companies in Long Beach, California, Feb. 23-26 was a clear sign that the two-year pandemic-caused freeze in new coach sales to private operators is finally beginning to thaw. And while sales of new motorcoaches aren’t expected to reach pre-pandemic levels for a while, operators that have been unable to …
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