Member Alerts

ABA Member Alerts are time-sensitive communications containing important information for your business, a call to action or both. Each member receives the alerts via email the day they are sent out. Member Alerts are archived below in the event you ever need to refer back to them.

Charter Operators Urged To Attend FTA Special Meeting [1]

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has received numerous petitions from operators for waivers to provide charter work. As a result, ABA and its coalition partners at International Motorcoach Group and United Motorcoach Association are working with FTA to bring private operators together for a charter education program in Austin, Texas May 6th in conjunction with the APTA Bus & Paratransit Conference.

ABA Scores Key Industry Victory On Congestion Pricing [2]

ABA has scored a key victory for the industry by helping to facilitate the precedent-setting action of New York officials in crafting a revised congestion pricing proposal that recognizes the critical role private intercity buses fulfill as a component of any transportation solution. The new bill treats all buses equitably and would exempt them from the proposed $8 daily rush-hour fee to enter Manhattan.

The MARKET At Marketplace Adds Buses, Exhibitors In First-Ever One-Day-Only ABA Showcase Event Saturday, February 2 [3]

In only its first year, The MARKET at Marketplace is proving to be a “can’t miss” one-day-only show for bus operators looking to expand their business opportunities.

Transportation Commission Recommends 40-Cents Per Gallon Fuel Tax Hike [4]

The National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission today released its report, http://www.transportationfortomorrow.org [5], which recommends increasing fuel taxes 25-40 cents per gallon to be phased in over five years at a yearly rate of five to eight cents per gallon.