New solutions needed to combat driver shortage
As if finding new drivers and generally coping with the driver shortage werent hard enough, new figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and…
Operator Viewpoint: Regulators want to rock your world
By Rick Thielen Thielen Coaches
It appears the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (has proposed increasing the minimum amount of auto liability insurance motorcoach…
Political/regulatory issues add air of urgency to Expo
NEW ORLEANS — UMA Motorcoach Expo 2015, as in past years, featured new buses and equipment, topical education sessions and valuable networking opportunities — along…
War stories
Advice offered by operators following safety audits
ASHBURN, Va. — The bus and motorcoach industry is increasingly waving a last good-bye to the three-day…
WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration does not expect to publish its final rule mandating the use of electronic logging devices for interstate…
FMCSA begins registration process for e-log makers
WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has started the process of registering electronic logging devices in preparation for its upcoming mandate that will…
Expo education sessions gain small-operator track
NEW ORLEANS The United Motorcoach Association has announced its “solution” sessions for UMA Motorcoach Expo 2015, including an educational track geared specifically for small…
EVERYWHERE The inevitability of federally mandated electronic logging devices already has sunk in for a handful of motorcoach operators.
While comments filed with…
SAN DIEGO — Jack Van Steenburg, chief safety officer at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, said he expects the agency to seek input from…
Study of e-logs questioned, said to ignore small carriers
GRAIN VALLEY, Mo — The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has taken aim at a study released by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that claims…