Coach America files Chapter 11
Coach America, one of America’s biggest bus operators, filed for Chapter 11 on Tuesday in Delaware bankruptcy court to protect itself from creditors.
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EnTOURtain connects cameras with coaches
EnTOURtain is the word Scott Hayden came up with to describe his broad-brush approach to motorcoach excursions.
Innovation and time drives down the green price tag
Public transportation agencies are now taking bigger steps to go green, certainly more than just offering free rides on Earth Day.
Flybus to test first flywheel hybrid bus
Completed prototype system ready to roll The UK-based Flybus consortium reached a significant milestone in September with its successful integration of prototype hardware into an Optare Solo Midibus. The Flybus system uses a Ricardo Kinergy flywheel as the energy storage medium and a Torotrak continuously variable transmission (CVT) as the means of transferring energy between […]
Bus crashes bring CVSA to the forefront
Deadly bus crashes this year have made news headlines, thrusting bus safety into the forefront. At the same time the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has been shoved into the limelight as well.
Airbag supports do not last forever
Budget Truck and Auto repairs the corroded tubing in three stages By Joel Salter Winters in Wisconsin are particularly brutal on vehicles maneuvering in cold wet weather on salted roadways. As a result, Budget Truck and Auto, Janesville, WI, has become expert at one particular climate-related refurbishment procedure on late model 1990s MCI D coaches […]
What adjusters need to know about collision repair
Inside the ABC Companies Annual Collision Workshop, Winter Garden, FL Understanding the crippling effect a collision has on an operator is just as important to the insurance claims adjuster who routinely assesses the damages as it is to the mechanics and body repairmen who make the repairs. For that reason ABC Companies has hosted its […]
CVSA’s Keppler answers bus industry critics
Lately officials at the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance have been on the receiving end of harsh criticism by a number of motorcoach operators wanting the agency to crack down on unsafe rogue curbside carriers.
Frisco’s ambulance bus is healing on wheels
Firefighters and paramedics in Frisco, Texas can now transport as many as 20 patients at a time with its new Ambulance Bus.
Megabus' Moser speaks out for equal enforcement
Politicians speaking on the motorcoach industry should really do a better job to differentiate one motorcoach operation from another to avoid the danger of making public statements that drag down the fully compliant 95 percent in the eye of the public.