Accurate in-vehicle coaching promotes positive change by David Coleman As bus and coach drivers are ultimately responsible for behavior that impacts fleet crash rates, fuel consumption, and wear and tear on the vehicles, collectively they represent the single biggest factor in a safe, productive and efficient bus operation. The question is are operators really providing […]
By Doug Jack The distance from London to Moscow is 1,560 miles, less than half the distance from London to New York. Yet the three-and-a-half-hour flight takes one to a completely different and fascinating part of the world. I made the trip this year because I could not pass up the opportunity to visit Comtrans, […]
5Star Crump and BUSRide welcome and congratulate these newest inductees into the 2011 BUSRide Safe Driver Hall of Fame.
The latest motorcoach industry report reveals Prevost holds the industry lead in market share for overall coach sales for the second straight quarter.
New York Senator Charles Schumer is calling for the current federal mass transit tax break to be either renewed or made part of the permanent tax code.
Niagara Falls Transit has finalized an $18 million order with Nova Bus for a mix of clean-diesel 40-foot Nova LFS and 62-foot articulated LFX buses.
Some Greyhound customers are unhappy about the company charging an $18 gift ticket order surcharge as an anti-fraud measure. The surcharge is added to the ticket price for web and phone purchases when an individual purchases a ticket for someone other than the credit card holder.
Transit police for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will now begin swabbing and testing suspects who spit in the face of transit bus drivers and other MBTA employees.
The non-profit Mattie C. Stewart Foundation in Starkville, MS created the unique prison/classroom Choice Bus in 2008 to help keep students on the road to a good education.
FAAC driver simulators improve performance and lower incident rates by David Hubbard FAAC entered the transit industry the day MTA New York City Transit (NYCT) recruited the company to adapt its simulator training concepts to train urban bus operators. The high degree of interactivity of the computer-generated imagery (CGI) intrigued the Department of Buses Safety […]