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Business Insider: With No COVID-19 Relief in Sight, the Private Bus Industry Could Collapse
The private bus sector's demise would leave large swaths of the country without any realistic transport options.
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Transportation Coalition Partners Thank California Delegation for Support of CERTS Act
"As negotiations continue on the next coronavirus relief package, we respectfully urge you to include H.R. 7642, the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services (CERTS) Act of 2020, in the compromise legislation."
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TBJ: Travel Industry Seeks Exit out of Turbulence
The airlines weren’t the only ones in the transportation industry that suffered during the pandemic, the motorcoach industry is under the bus as well.
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WaPo: U.S. Economy Faces Severe Strains after Election with Washington Potentially Paralyzed
As many as 30 percent of bus operators face bankruptcy by Jan. 1, Pantuso said.
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Marketplace: The Pandemic has Left the Private Bus Sector in Crisis
According to the American Bus Association, the trade group for the private motorcoach industry, over 100,000 workers have been furloughed in this sector, and the industry could disappear without a relief bill.
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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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Politicians Need Buses, But Congress Has Left Us Stalled
"We turned to Congress for help, our appeals have been ignored, yet here we are in election season these same politicians turn to our buses to help them keep their jobs – when will they help us keep ours?"
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Isn’t It Supposed to be a Numbers Game?
While other transportation sectors threaten of future job losses, the motorcoach industry is experiencing heavy job losses today.
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ABA Joins COVID RELIEF NOW Coalition, Calls on Congress to Pass Relief before Leaving for Elections
The COVID Relief NOW Coalition calls for “No Recess Without Relief” imploring Congress to find bipartisan solution to move COVID stimulus package
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Politico: Thousands of Aviation Layoffs Loom amid a Dysfunctional Congress
"With other modes of transportation, like the airlines, asking for more money in addition to what they received in the CARES Act, we are asking for Congress and the Administration to help us first before giving even more to those
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