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Tour bus driver charged with involuntary manslaughter

Kin Yiu Cheung, the tour bus driver who allegedly fell asleep before crashing a tour bus on Interstate 95 in Virginia Tuesday morning, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter.

Atheist-agnostic group sues over bus ads

Little Rock-based Central Arkansas Transit Authority (CATA) is being sued for by the Central Arkansas Coalition of Reason, claiming the agency rejected the group’s bus ad proposal.

Fort Worth Transit: Pull up your pants

Transit customers of the Fort Worth Transportation Authority have been given a warning: pull up your pants or you will be refused service.

Charlotte Observer: Feds gave extension to Sky Express

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration was close to shutting down Charlotte, NC-based Sky Express for driver-safety violations last week, just days before the Virginia crash.

Latest bus crash renews call for legislation

In the wake of another deadly tour bus crash, New York State lawmakers have renewed the calls for legislation to better regulate the industry.

Driver charged in VA tour bus crash

The driver of the tour bus that crashed early Tuesday morning just north of Richmond, VA killing four and injuring more than 50 has been charged with reckless driving.

Michigan school bus driver pleads guilty to DUI

Former Coloma, Mich. school bus driver Jennifer Moore pled guilty in a Kalamazoo court room for driving while intoxicated with 36 students onboard her bus last December.

Surprise Fed safety inspections continue as travel season begins

More than 3,000 surprise passenger carrier safety inspections over a two-week in May have resulted in 442 unsafe buses or drivers being removed from the roadways.

No Memphis blues for APTA International Roadeo winners

Seattle-based King County Metro won the Grand Champion Award at the 36th International Bus Roadeo, held May 22 at the American Public Transit Administration’s Bus and Paratransit Conference in Memphis, TN.

Japanese tour bus driver pleads guilty

Yasushi Mikuni fought back tears Tuesday after pleading guilty as part of a plea deal in the deaths of three of his bus passengers in a crash on Interstate 15 north of Cedar City, Utah last August.