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ABA Foundation Motorcoach Sales Report Shows Huge Drop in Sales Because of COVID-19
“The COVID pandemic not only decimated the bus companies but also the suppliers who service in the industry as well,” said Peter Pantuso, president of the ABA Foundation.
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BUSRide Magazine Publishes 50 Stories from 50 States Celebrating Women in the Industry
In celebration of National Women's History Month, BUSRide magazine and ABA's Women in Buses Council have come together to tell the stories of women who keep the industry moving forward.
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ABA Foundation Announces Opening of 2021-2022 Scholarship Application Season
In these hard times, we know that money is stretched, and we don't want that to be an obstacle to furthering education opportunities.
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ABAF Motorcoach Manufacturing Report Shows the Decimation of COVID-19 is Having on the Industry
Compared to the third quarter 2019 (Q319), the motorcoach coach sales in the third quarter of 2020 (Q320) fell nearly 50 percent.
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ABA Foundation Announces 2020-2021 Scholarship Winners
“This year, more than ever, we are proud to help our future leaders,” said ABA Foundation President Peter Pantuso. “In a year when most scholarships programs have seen a decline in applicants, our scholarship applications were the highest they have
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ABA Foundation Coach Builder Survey Shows Second Quarter Sales Decimated by COVID-19 Effect
There was an overall 83 percent decrease in sales year over year.
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Tell Your Senators to Support and Co-Sponsor S. 4150, the CERTS Act
This bipartisan legislation would provide $10 billion in emergency economic relief funding, in the form of grants and other economic assistance, through the Treasury, to motorcoach operators, school bus companies, U.S. flag passenger vessel operators, and other U.S. transportation service
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Fredericksburg.com: GETTING THERE: Bad News for Bus Operators
Peter Pantuso noted that while those numbers are improvements to earlier data, the figures show “the continued decimation of the private motorcoach industry, which has not received any financial help from Congress or the Trump Administration like other modes of
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EpochTimes: Hit by Pandemic, Motorcoach Industry Says It Needs CCP Virus Relief Funds
Epoch Times reports on the latest ABA Foundation research showing that the industry is experiencing an $11 billion loss because of COVID-19 despite states re-opening.
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ABA Thanks Congressional Supporters Committed to Helping the Industry Survive COVID-19 Pandemic
“We give thanks want to specifically recognize Sens. Daines and Van Hollen and Reps. Katko and Sires for their leadership on this bipartisan effort support, We now look to them, as negotiations begin on the next legislative relief package, to
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