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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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ABA Looks Forward to Introduction of the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services Act
"ABA has been asking Congress to provide $10 billion in grants and $5 billion in loans to help the our decimated industry stay in business through the pandemic. We are thankful that our industry's cry has been heard."
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ABA Applauds Senators Proposal to Enable DMOs Access to SBA PPP Funds
"Tourism employs millions of people around the country, without tourism we can't get the American economy back up and running and DMOs are critical to that happening."
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ChauffeurDriven: ABA Releases Cleaning Protocols, Continues Request for Federal Aid
The protocols were released on the heels of a tough report from the ABA Foundation that estimates that the U.S. motorcoach industry will see its economic loss due to the virus reach nearly $11 billion.
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FND: New ABA Foundation Report Estimates Industry Losing $11B Despite Easing Travel Restrictions
Today’s updated report shows approximately $10.9 billion in sales will be lost with 62,800 jobs removed from the industry.
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ABA Publishes Sample Policies for Industry for Post-Pandemic Cleanliness and Safety Protocols
"What our task force put together should be a great help to the entire industry when companies are creating their cleaning protocols. Showing the public that our buses are clean and that it is safe to travel by motorcoach."
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Fredericksburg.com: GETTING THERE: Bad News for Bus Operators
Peter Pantuso noted that while those numbers are improvements to earlier data, the figures show “the continued decimation of the private motorcoach industry, which has not received any financial help from Congress or the Trump Administration like other modes of
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EpochTimes: Hit by Pandemic, Motorcoach Industry Says It Needs CCP Virus Relief Funds
Epoch Times reports on the latest ABA Foundation research showing that the industry is experiencing an $11 billion loss because of COVID-19 despite states re-opening.
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