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WFXR: Motorcoach Industry Facing Uncertain Future without Financial Help from Government
“We’re going to see 25 to 40 percent of companies shut down permanently,” said ABA president and CEO Peter Pantuso. “Their employees, probably close to 50,000, about half of the employees, be put out of business.”
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ABA’s Women in Buses, BUSRide Create eBook on Women in the Industry and COVID-19
How COVID-19 Has Killed Our Industry: Letters to Congress from the Women Who Power America's Motorcoach Industry.
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ABA Welcomes House Bill to Help Decimated Industry
The American Bus Association (ABA) – the industry leader advancing North American motorcoach travel and tourism – welcomed the introduction in the U.S. House of Representatives of the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services (CERTS) Act by Reps. Darin LaHood
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WashPost: America’s 3,000 Bus Companies Make Appeal for Economic Relief amid Pandemic
Bus operators and trade groups have been knocking on doors of members of Congress for months.
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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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ABA Offers Discount on Member Dues Renewals
Because of the challenges all ABA members are facing, and because we value your membership and participation with ABA, the ABA Board of Directors has voted to give a dues discount to every ABA member.
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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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ABA Congratulates Successful FY 2020 Bus Security Grant Recipients
ABA members have used the federal dollars to bolster motorcoach safety and security in a variety of ways to coordinate response efforts with law enforcement and other first responders.
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TSA Releases Motorcoach BASE Report 2019
BASE is a free, voluntary risk-based program that evaluates the security posture of transportation systems.
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