September 2011 - Page 2 of 3 - BUSRide


FMCSA Motorcoach Safety Summit begins Friday

Motorcoach company owners, drivers, safety advocates, tour operators and elected officials convene in Washington, D.C. on Friday for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s national Motorcoach Safety Summit.

CPR training a life saver for Dipert Coaches owner

A patron at the Trail Dust Restaurant in Arlington, TX is full of gratitude that Autumn Dipert Brown and her family were in the same eatery July 24.

APTA: Transit saving passengers $830 this month

The American Public Transportation Association’s September Transit Savings Report shows people who switch from driving to public transit can save on average up to $830 this month.

A clarion call for veteran expertise: BUSRide Maintenance needs you

Earlier this year, BUSRide launched a sister digital-only publication, BUSRide Maintenance, to connect directly with our readers more closely focused on the best bus and coach maintenance management processes and practices.

Check out BUSRide Maintenance

BUSRide Maintenance is the only digital magazine that offers in-depth, hands on coverage of bus maintenance topics for management, technicians and other personnel discharging the maintenance function for motorcoach, transit, school bus and small bus fleets.

What have we here?

For a fleeting moment, a Trailways Scenicruiser  was more than a figment of the imagination By David Hubbard In his book of remembrances on the road, Square Wheels on the Interstate, veteran Trailways driver emeritus, Robert J. Beard, tells the rest of the story on what appears to be one of the only Trailways Scenicruisers […]

Volkswagen creates a giant

It had long been a dream of Dr. Ferdinand Piëch, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen, to create a European automotive giant, active in all products from cars through to heavy commercial vehicles.

CH Trading adds new leadership core

CH Trading Company, the exclusive distributor of the TEMSA global bus and coach line in the U.S., has added four key executives to its leadership team.

AZ federal judge: Reinstate transit program

A federal judge in Arizona has ordered a multi-million-dollar transit support program be reinstated because its elimination violates federal law.

Latest transit shooting prompts calls for more protection

Officials for Transit Workers Union Local 234 and SEPTA transit in Philadelphia are calling for ramped up protection and passage of a new law for transit workers after a bus driver was shot Tuesday night.