UMA announces Safety Management Seminar schedule and topics
Current events are driving the agenda for the annual UMA Safety Management Seminar, according to Ken Presley, UMA Vice President, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs &…
Manual available for purchase
The new Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance 2019 North American Out-of-Service Criteria manual is now available for purchase in the traditional spiral-bound, hard copy handbook, an…
Standing tall is tough in era of over-regulation
My most recent DOT physical was a nightmare. I knew I was old, fat, deaf and nearsighted, but finding out I am 5’7” tall was…
Legislative News
The motorcoach industry just completed a second year without incurring new federal regulations. Don’t count on three in a row, said the legislative and regulatory…
So, where do we go from here?
We are all familiar with the parable, that if you place a frog in boiling water he will jump out, but if the frog is…
Motorcoach Exec Dale Krapf will testify on 2015 Surface Transportation Act
WASHINGTON – A leading national transportation executive, Dale Krapf, will testify Tuesday, May 22, 2018, before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Highways and Transit…
States, cities crack down while Washington deregulates
SAN ANTONIO – While deregulation fever has gripped Washington, state and local efforts to regulate motorcoach operations continue to threaten federal preemptions that have allowed…
Expo 2018 exhibitors report ‘positive mood in the crowd’
SAN ANTONIO – Battling federal regulations that could harm the industry has been the rallying cry at recent UMA Motorcoach Expos.
Not this year.
