WASHINGTON — Lawmakers allocated $61 billion to airlines, $25 billion to transit and $1 billion for Amtrak in the roughly $2 trillion coronavirus rescue package, but the motorcoach industry, which includes charter buses, private transit buses and passenger buses, said it has been largely ignored.
May 1, 2020Government, Business, Safety, TCA
Bus Industry Seeks More Recovery Relief
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel, TCA
San Diego MTS Launches $12.5 Million Electric Bus Pilot Program
Transit officials in San Diego are rolling out a new $12.5 million pilot program to test the region’s first electric buses.
October 23, 2019Business
Motorcoach Industry, Like Trucking, Faces Driver Shortage
Much is written about how the trucking industry loses drivers to other lines of work, but in some cases they’re not leaving to do something else — they’re leaving to drive something else: motorcoaches. Ironically, the bus industry is dealing with a driver shortage of its own.
June 4, 2019Technology, Autonomous, TCA
Self-Driving Electric Shuttle Buses Will Be Introduced at University of Michigan
A pair of self-driving shuttle buses should begin motoring around Ann Arbor, Mich., later in April in an ambitious test of the new technology.
April 13, 2018Government
DOT’s Anthony Foxx to Take Bus Tour Touting Infrastructure
WASHINGTON — The nation’s top transportation officer will hop on a bus Feb. 17 for a tour of five states to tell residents about the need to upgrade aging infrastructure around the country.
February 12, 2015