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The Free Lance-Star: GETTING THERE: Is This the End of the Motor Coach Industry?
The bus industry is not dead—companies are finding ways to survive, for now—but it has been severely pummeled by the pandemic. Like many others, the industry has been left to flutter in the breeze while haggling over relief packages continues
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Death of an Industry
This all could have been avoided had Congress provided a lifeline to the motorcoach industry by passing the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Sectors (CERTS) Act and delivered the much-needed money for the industry to survive this pandemic.
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Fox6: CERTS Act Offers $10B for Motorcoach Biz, 'Feeling the (Pandemic) Pain'
According to the ABA, the industry has lost more than $11 billion since the pandemic hit in March, and without any help, could shutter 40% of small, family-owned transportation businesses by the end of this year.
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Motorcoach Industry Thanks Sen. Susan Collins for Leadership in Efforts to Save Industry
"Senator Collins was looking for a solution that keeps a viable motorcoach, travel and tourism industry operational and their employees engaged."
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PressHerald: Concord Coach Lines to Restart Maine-Boston Bus Service in Mid-August
Bus companies are following or going beyond protocols developed by the association to provide safe service during the pandemic.
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TheExpress: "Very Scary" Susquehanna Trailways Struggling, Waiting to Get Back to Business
“We are trying everything that we can to make sure that our legislators are hearing our voice and making them understand that this is not a short term problem.”
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CNBC: Motorcoach Industry Looks to Congress to Keep Buses on the Road ...
“It’s just a disaster,” Pantuso said. “Not only do these companies, and these families who have been running them for multi-generations, lose out, but the American public loses out because they lose a major part of the transportation network.”
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CBNC: Bus Industry Lobbies for Billions in Next Coronavirus Stimulus Package
So far, the businesses haven’t received aid from Washington, but owners are hoping the situation will be different with the latest stimulus package currently being debated in Congress.
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Fox Business News: Coronavirus Brings Tour Bus Industry to a Halt, Costing Companies Millions
“People forget about us because we blend into the background and we don’t come to Congress every year looking for a handout. Now we really need some help."
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Call Your Senators NOW! Tell Them To Save Our Industry!
Tell them we must have explicit, directed funding for motorcoach industry - there must be a carve out for over-the-road buses, explicitly.
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