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Freightwaves: Pandemic Creating Existential Crisis for Nation’s Bus Industry
The question now facing the bus business is how many of those small operators who might eventually go under, or who have done so already, will come back.
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Chauffeur Driven: ABA President Pens Moving Message After Stimulus Bill Fails…Again
Noting his frustration about the continued gridlock, ABA President & CEO Peter Pantuso posted a poignant message about the “death of an industry” on the association’s website.
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The Free Lance-Star: GETTING THERE: Is This the End of the Motor Coach Industry?
The bus industry is not dead—companies are finding ways to survive, for now—but it has been severely pummeled by the pandemic. Like many others, the industry has been left to flutter in the breeze while haggling over relief packages continues
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Fox6: CERTS Act Offers $10B for Motorcoach Biz, ‘Feeling the (Pandemic) Pain’
According to the ABA, the industry has lost more than $11 billion since the pandemic hit in March, and without any help, could shutter 40% of small, family-owned transportation businesses by the end of this year.
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Group Travel Leader: Group Travel Confronts an Unprecedented Crisis in COVID-19
The Group Travel Leader spoke with the heads of four tourism industry associations to get their perspectives on these unprecedented challenges and how the industry is working together to overcome them.
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ChauffeurDriven: Motorcoach Industry Helps Evacuation Efforts During Hurricane Laura
Once weather forecasters knew that the storm was destined to affect the Gulf Coast, the motorcoach industry sprang into action—just as it always does during weather events like this, including the Northern California fires. All in all, the American Bus
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4thRevolution: US Senators Propose $10 Billion in Coronavirus Relief Funds for Motorcoach Industry
Bus operators and trade groups have been lobbying members of Congress for months.
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New Report Details Motorcoach Industry’s Dire Situation
DePaul University's Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development recently released a report outlining the dire situation currently facing the motorcoach industry.
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PressHerald: Concord Coach Lines to Restart Maine-Boston Bus Service in Mid-August
Bus companies are following or going beyond protocols developed by the association to provide safe service during the pandemic.
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