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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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ABA Congratulates Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Nomination to be the Secretary of Transportation
ABA looks forward to working with the new Congress, the Biden Administration and the Department of Transportation on behalf of our 4,000 motorcoach, group travel and tourism members.
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METRO: Top Motorcoach Officials Talk State of the Industry
On the positive side, I believe we are doing everything we can to help our members, as well as the industry, educate Congress to help get some emergency funding.
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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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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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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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ABA Welcomes House Bill to Help Decimated Industry
"We commend Representatives LaHood, Sires, Lowenthal and Young for their leadership in recognizing the current plight of the motorcoach industry during this pandemic and taking action to help this critical industry survive," said Peter Pantuso, president & CEO of the
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Associations Come Together to Urge Congress to Support CERTS Act
More than 30 associations came together to urge Congressional leaders to support the CERTS Act, introduced jointly by Sens. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine).
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Meadville Tribune: COVID-19 Throws Anderson Travel under the Bus
Anderson Travel fits a profile in the motorcoach industry. Of the 3,000 bus and motorcoach companies in the U.S., 90 percent are small, family-owned businesses that had to close operations due to the COVID-19 crisis.
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