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Driving Force: Roadmap for Recruiting
There are several tools to help your recruiting efforts, but for long-term success it is important that you have a plan that you can use consistently.
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CityLab: Covid Relief Could Leave Bus Companies Behind
One transportation sector is almost entirely left off the American Rescue Plan Act’s life raft: the motorcoach business.
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ChauffeurDriven: Motorcoaches Play Major Role in Inauguration Festivities
The inauguration of the President Joe Biden this week was unlike most celebrations we’ve seen in the past, but one familiar sight was the number of ground transportation vehicles being used during the festivities.
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Yahoo: Bus Companies Are Struggling Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic Due to Low Demand
Even with multiple COVID-19 vaccines getting approval, there's still no clear end in sight for the pandemic. Companies aren't clear on when they can expect demand to return to normal, or if it even will. Pantuso has noted that around
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NPR: Effects of The Pandemic on Bus Travel Industry
If more members of Congress took the bus on a more regular basis, we'd probably be at the top of the list for funding.
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Industry Advocates Question Why CERTS Act is Being Ignored
We have been begging and pleading with Congressional leaders, especially Speaker Pelosi, Leader McConnell and the White House, for more than seven months to provide our industries a lifeline to save our essential employees and our businesses.
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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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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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