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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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ABA Legislative Update on the CERTS Act
We continue to need your help as we push through the final weeks of September.
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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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Death of an Industry
This all could have been avoided had Congress provided a lifeline to the motorcoach industry by passing the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Sectors (CERTS) Act and delivered the much-needed money for the industry to survive this pandemic.
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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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As Hurricane Laura Barrels Toward Gulf, Motorcoaches Mobilize to Evacuate Citizens
Now who will answer the call to help evacuate if the buses aren't running?
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Motorcoach Industry Thanks Sen. Susan Collins for Leadership in Efforts to Save Industry
"Senator Collins was looking for a solution that keeps a viable motorcoach, travel and tourism industry operational and their employees engaged."
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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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