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Foxwoods Casino shows motorcoach savvy

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation is fully in tune with the tremendous role the motorcoach industry plays in bringing customers and vacationers to its Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT. The company demonstrates its industry savvy through its daily operation of four separate motorcoach segments so as to avoid any confusion.

Refurbishment center revitalizes Greyhound and Nappanee

Greyhound officials decided on a 110,000 square-foot facility in Nappanee, a small town of about 7,000 people southwest of Goshen to be the site for the Nappanee Bus Refurbishment Center.

KPS purchase gives MCI new life

KPS Capital Partners, New York, NY, announced in September it had taken controlling investment in MCII holdings, the parent company of Motor Coach Industries International (MCI), Schaumburg, IL. KPS has history investing in the transit industry. In 2002, KPS rescued Canada-based New Flyer, selling it in February 2004 with a 750-percent return on investment.

SCR aces the test

Prevost believes the SCR approach combines the best aspects of Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) with a Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) and selective catalytic reduction to provide the best possible solution

Setra makes a new move

Daimler Buses North America unveils the ComfortClass S 407 at UMA Expo 2011 By David Hubbard Setra motorcoaches have served North American operators for more than 25 years. First exhibited in the 200 Series, the Setra bus and coach brand has grown to stand for quality, comfort and luxury. Setra further refined the highend concept […]

The good times still roll in The Big Easy

The battering winds of Hurricane Katrina that thrashed New Orleans in 2005 and the flood waters that ravaged the city in her aftermath came dangerously close to destroying a 176-year-old American transportation icon: the New Orleans streetcars.

Tell Your Story sparks community awareness

Everyone has a story and hundreds of Cincinnati Metro riders shared theirs. This summer we sponsored a unique contest to allow our riders to tell their stories of how public transportation has made a difference in their lives.

BUSRide 2010 Safe Driver Hall of Fame presented by 5Star Specialty Programs

BUSRide takes pleasure in announcing the 2010 inductees into the BUSRide Safe Driver Hall of Fame presented by 5Star Specialty Programs.

Announcing the winners: 2010 BUSRide MotorVision Competition

Announcing the winners of the 2010 BUSRide MotorVision Competition.

High-tech in the land of the Sleeping Dragon

China is on the fast track to possibly overtake Japan next year to become the country with the second-most vehicles on the road. Vehicle ownership in China is expected to top 75 million in 2011, according to Xu Changming, a research director at the State Information Center.