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Chauffeur Driving: ABA Councils Hold Safety and Maintenance Meetings

With driver recruitment a challenge for all vertical industries, a highlight of the BISC meeting was a panel discussion entitled Checking In with Driving Force, Recruiting New Motorcoach Drivers, and Addressing Driver Shortage. 
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BloombergGov’t: Bus COVID Relief Set for Senate Vote After ‘Catastrophic Losses’

“The motorcoach industry suffered catastrophic losses because of the COVID pandemic, and we are having trouble replacing employees we had to furlough. For us, the pandemic is not over — we still need help.” 
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Stateline: Residents Left Behind as Pandemic Hurts Bus Companies

In the meantime, Pantuso said recovery has been fairly slow. He doesn’t see his industry coming back until late 2023 or early 2024. 
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StreetsBlog: Can ‘Buses-As-Flights’ Get Americans Out of Cars — And Planes?

American Airlines sparked a curious mix of applause and outrage on Twitter last week when it was announced it would join the growing industry trend of replacing short-leg flights with “on-the-ground” alternatives — or, to be more precise, good old-fashioned 
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Rep. Panetta Leads on Legislation to Provide Pandemic Tax Relief for Travel Businesses

Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley), along with Reps. Darin LaHood (R-Ill.), Albio Sires (D-N.J), and John Rose (R-Tenn.) introduced the CERTS Tax Exemption Act to provide relief to the motorcoach, school bus, and passenger vessel industries devastated by the COVID-19 
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TheHill: Pressure Builds on Biden Administration to Lift Transportation Mask Mandates

“We hear from our operators all over the country who are saying that customers are choosing not to get on the bus to commute, not to get on the bus to take a trip between two cities, or not to 
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RollCall: Still Struggling Motorcoach Industry Seeks More Federal Aid

The rebound is slow-going, Peter Pantuso said in an interview: “I can tell you in 2021, it wasn’t a lot better than 2020.” 
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WBJ Viewpoint: Bus Industry Remains Stalled without Pandemic Relief Funds

Peter Pantuso pens an Op-Ed in the Washington Business Journal about the continued struggles for the bus industry during pandemic. 
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WHO13: Iowa Bus Company Calls on Congress to Aid Industry in Pandemic Recovery

“These are companies that have always been very independent, privately owned. They’re small businesses. They don’t want government in their business, but they need a bridge to get them through,” said ABA President and CEO Peter Pantuso. 
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Bus&MotorcoachNews: Trailways Honors Industry Leaders with Spirit Awards

The Exceptional Leadership Award was given to the American Bus Association (ABA) and the United Motorcoach Association (UMA) in gratitude for their exceptional and unwavering support to the industry and to Trailways members throughout the pandemic. 
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