Major Vintage Bus Rally Planned This Fall in Indiana EVANSVILLE, Ind

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Major vintage bus rally planned this fall in Indiana EVANSVILLE, Ind. — The rally also is expected to attract a largest-ever North American rally large contingent of both North of vintage and historic buses will American and foreign visitors who take place here, beginning the first will have an opportunity to see day of fall. some of the rarest and most unusual The three-day event, which is vintage buses still operating. being called simply Bus Rally The event, running Sept. 22- Evansville, is expected to attract 24, is being organized by The Bus- between 75 and 100 operational boys Collection, a Minnesota- classic, collectible, historic and based nonprofit organization that vintage buses from across the U.S. is thought to own and operate the and Canada. largest collection of vintage buses Buses that are at least 25 years in North America. old will be the focus of the rally. The principal site of the rally In addition to the buses, the CONTINUED ON PAGE 7B c Bus & Motorcoach News website redesigned, updated ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Unit- • Easier ability to share con- ed Motorcoach Association mem- tent with others The 1939 Art Moderne former Greyhound Bus Terminal in Evansville, Ind., with its distinctive two-tone, porcelain- enameled steel panels, was restored and repurposed by Indiana Landmarks, which helps Indiana communities and bers who sign on to the Bus & Mo- The new website will be up- individuals rescue endangered landmarks. torcoach News website during dated regularly with timely news Expo 2017 in St. Louis are in for a stories and will supplement the surprise. print edition of Bus & Motor- The website (www.busand coach News, which will still be Capitol Hill Days to focus on regulation motorcoachnews.com) has been mailed to subscribers. All of the ALEXANDRIA, Va. — When small operators. ther inroads in its efforts to fend redesigned to include more timely print edition content will also be United Motorcoach Association This year when UMA mem- off legislation and rules detrimen- industry news, more photos and available on the website. members travel to Washington in bers return to the capital April 25- tal to operators. more information to keep UMA The site also will offer more April to meet with members of 26, they are likely to find even That is why UMA is encourag- members up to date on what is hap- space for Bus & Motorcoach Congress, they will be dealing more receptive legislators, espe- ing members to attend this year’s pening in the motorcoach industry. News advertisers, as well as in- with lawmakers who have a focus cially those on the Republican side Capitol Hill Days to continue the The benefits to subscribers creased analytics and tracking. on reducing, rather than increas- of the aisle. momentum the association has will be: The updated website will be ing, regulations on businesses. Since President Donald Trump generated in recent years. • Faster reporting of news phased in over the next few That is a major change from issued an order Jan. 20 to federal UMA makes appointments for • Greater depth of research months and will be accessible to recent years, when the motorcoach agencies to freeze new rules and to members with their congressional capabilities both subscribers and nonsubscrib- industry has been fighting off such delay those published but not yet delegation, prepares participants • Easier access to articles be- ers initially. The content will then proposed new regulations as an in- effective, some of the pending reg- with background and talking hind the logon be accessible only to subscribers. crease in insurance minimums, a ulations that would affect the mo- points, and (in most instances) strict rule regulating bus leasing torcoach industry have been in supplies a staff member to assist and efforts by regulators to final- limbo. members during your ize a new rule on the Safety Fit- A rule establishing driver-train- appointments. ness Determination. ing standards for entry-level bus “This is your chance to meet UMA members who traveled and truck drivers already has been with those elected to represent to Washington last spring for the postponed by the Federal Motor your interests in Congress. It’s annual Capitol Hill Days Fly-In Carrier Safety Administration. your turn to speak up and let them were able to convince some of Because of the uncertainty sur- know your concerns,” UMA says their congressional representatives rounding regulations, and the new in encouraging participation. that such regulations could cripple focus in both Congress and the ad- For more information and to the motorcoach industry, and ministration, the motorcoach in- register for the event, go to www. would be especially onerous to dustry has a chance to make fur- uma.org/industry/capitol-hill.

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Bus & Motorcoach News INDUSTRY NEWS March 2017 3B Study finds unhealthy truckers more likely to crash SALT LAKE CITY — Com- have signs of at least one of several the other vehicle get hurt in three- rier, they didn’t examine where the mercial truck drivers with three or medical conditions that had previ- ‘With decreasing quarters of injury crashes involving miles were driven, and many of the more medical conditions have a far ously been linked to poor driving trucks, it’s in the public interest to medical conditions are associated higher chance of being in a crash performance, including heart dis- health comes continue investigating the issue, with each other and not necessari- than healthier drivers, according to ease, low back pain and diabetes. increased crash risk, said the study’s senior author Dr. ly exclusive. a new study. Kurt Hegmann, director of the The study also didn’t look at The study, led by investigators Millions of data points including crashes Rocky Mountain Center for Occu- total driving experience. The Fed- at the University of Utah School of Matching drivers’ medical and that truck drivers pational and Environmental Health. eral Motor Carrier Safety Admin- Medicine, said such drivers could crash histories revealed that drivers “If we can better understand istration recently released an anal- be up to four times as likely to be with at least three of the flagged could prevent.’ the interplay between driver health ysis that indicated drivers with involved in a crash. conditions were more likely to have and crash risk, then we can better more experience were less likely The results were published in been involved in a crash. There driving abilities such as age and address safety concerns,” he said. to crash. the Journal of Occupational and were 82 truck drivers in the highest- amount of commercial driving There are 5.7 million drivers of Environmental Medicine. risk group, and results were calcu- experience. OOIDA disputes findings commercial motor vehicles in the “What these data are telling us lated from millions of data points The new findings could mean But not everyone agrees with United States, according to the is that with decreasing health reflecting their relative crash risk that one health condition, such as the study’s findings. study. Based on police reports, comes increased crash risk, includ- every day for up to seven years. diabetes, is manageable but diabe- The Owner-Operator Indepen- there have been 60,000 truck ing crashes that truck drivers could The investigators found that tes in combination with high blood dent Drivers Association Founda- crashes involving injuries in the prevent,” said the study’s lead au- this group was at higher risk for pressure and anxiety could sub- tion pointed out several weakness- past five years, the study said. thor, Matthew Thiese, an assistant different categories of crashes, in- stantially increase a driver’s risk. es in the study. “The fact remains that crashes professor at the Rocky Mountain cluding accidents that caused inju- “Right now, conditions are First, the foundation gives are rare events, and the crash rate Center for Occupational and Envi- ry, that could have been avoided. thought of in isolation,” Thiese credit to the study’s authors for ad- for each of the groups (i.e., the ronmental Health. The rate of crashes resulting in said. “There’s no guidance for mitting that the conclusions are number of conditions) were rela- Keeping healthy can be tough injury among all truck drivers was looking at multiple conditions in not definitive because of the small tively similar, but the study did not for truck drivers, who typically sit 29 per 100 million miles traveled. concert.” sample size and for saying that break down the results by crash for long hours behind the wheel, For drivers with three or more ail- Current commercial motor ve- care should be taken when inter- rates,” the foundation said. “Thus, deal with poor sleeping conditions ments, the frequency increased to hicle guidelines pull truckers with preting the true crash risk based on it cannot be said that just having a and have a hard time finding nutri- 93 per 100 million miles traveled, major health concerns from the the results. medical condition will result in a tious meals on the road. according to Thiese. pool but do not factor in an accu- The foundation said some of crash. If this were true, consider- Now, examination of medical re- The trends held true even after mulation of multiple minor the reasons the results of the study ing the health of the United States cords from 49,464 commercial taking into consideration other symptoms. could be flawed are that all of the as a whole, the highways would be truck drivers found that 34 percent factors that influence truckers’ Considering that occupants of drivers were from one motor car- strewn with wrecked vehicles.”

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California GOP calls for halt to bullet train funding WASHINGTON — Califor- portation Secretary Elaine Chao, the part of an effort to install an elec- he plans to pursue a major in- rather than the Caltrain joint pow- nia’s Republican members of Con- Los Angeles Times reported. trical system. The bullet train crease in infrastructure funding. ers board. gress have asked the Trump ad- The Congress members com- would eventually use the same line However, his opinion of the bullet A spokesman for House Minor- ministration to block a federal plain in the letter about cost in- from San Jose to San Francisco. train, the nation’s largest infra- ity Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-San grant that will ultimately support creases, reductions in the project’s This latest effort to at least structure project, is unknown. Francisco, issued a statement saying the state’s high-speed rail project scope and its failure to attract pri- temporarily derail the multibil- California Democrats coun- the Republicans’ letter was rife with until an audit of the project’s fi- vate financing. lion-dollar project comes at a time tered the Republicans’ letter with “inaccuracies and innuendo” and ar- nances is completed. The letter asks Chao to stop when President Trump has been one of their own, asking that the guing that blocking the train would The letter, signed by all 14 mem- approval of a $650-million grant critical of California over immi- grant be approved, and charging cost California thousands of jobs bers of the state’s GOP delegation, that the Transportation Depart- gration issues. He has even vowed that the Republican’s letter mis- and make commuting between San including House Majority Leader ment could make to the Bay Area’s to cut funding to the state. stated the fact that the grant was Francisco and Silicon Valley “dirti- Kevin McCarthy, was sent to Trans- Caltrain commuter rail agency as At the same time, Trump says being sought by the rail authority, er, slower and more crowded.” Florida governor wants $4 billion for roads, bridges TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Flori- “As the third-largest state in the portation last year. ing to Florida’s roads and bridges portation Commission, which da’s roads and bridges are in line to nation with the fourth-fastest grow- “We have made significant in- must be approved by the Republi- oversees the state’s transportation receive more than $4 billion in fiscal ing population, we must make sure vestments in transportation for four can-controlled Legislature, which agencies, said she doubts that 2018 as part of the budget announced our state is prepared to safely wel- years in a row because we know the fully did so the past three years. many states maintain their infra- recently by Gov. Rick Scott. come new families, visitors and job incredible impact it has on job cre- Much of that money would go to structure as well as Florida does. Scott’s total proposed trans- creators,” Scott said in announcing ation and helping Florida become a projects underway that would re- “Expansion and new construc- portation budget of $10.8 billion his budget, which is $100 million leading hub for global trade.” ceive additional funding. tion is critically important when marks the fourth year in a row it more than the Legislature allocated The $4.1 billion that the Re- Sally Patrenos, former execu- our state is adding 1,000 people a has topped $10 billion. to Florida’s Department of Trans- publican governor proposes devot- tive director of the Florida Trans- day,” Patrenos said.

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Additionally, the data show a percent) ment discrimination in fiscal year for victims of discrimination in- EEOC said it achieved a suc- steady increase in the four years the • Sex: 26,934 (29.4 percent) 2016 and secured more than $482 cluded $347.9 million for victims cessful outcome in 90.6 percent of agency has been collecting LGBT • Age: 20,857 (22.8 percent) million for victims of discrimina- of employment discrimination in all suit resolutions. charge data. From fiscal year 2013 • National Origin: 9,840 (10.8 tion in private and federal, state and private sector and state and local The EEOC said it continued to through fiscal year 2016, nearly percent) local government workplaces. government workplaces through work with employers through me- 4,000 charges were filed with • Religion: 3,825 (4.2 percent) Charges of employer retalia- mediation, conciliation and settle- diation to resolve charges voluntari- EEOC by LGBT individuals alleg- • Color: 3,102 (3.4 percent) tion, racial bias and discrimination ments; $52.2 million for workers ly. 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Evansville, a city of about CONTINUED ON PAGE 8B c [email protected] 8B March 2017 INDUSTRY NEWS Bus & Motorcoach News Bus rally ing in existence of that model,” erations, with the hope of possibly CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7B Holter said. becoming an operating bus muse- “Kenworth, REO, MACK, Flx- um with a permanent, independent ible and Aerocoach are among the site to display our buses, memora- The Busboys’ preservation and rarest manufacturers residing in bilia and library to the public and collection endeavors are aimed at the collection.” for research,” Holter said. enabling individuals to experience The Busboys’ mission is the As a step toward that goal, the the history of bus transportation by preservation, restoration and con- Busboys have established a tempo- coming in contact with makes and tinued operation of historic buses, rary museum within the facilities models produced by many of with many of their coaches travel- of their parents’ original location North America’s bus makers, past ing to various venues so they can in Bloomington, Minn. and present. be shared with the public. The nascent museum, at 9237 Their vintage collection is com- The acquisition and collection Grand Ave. South in Bloomington, prised of more than 90 buses, in- of industry artifacts and memora- is open “as a free venue for all to cluding transit (city) and intercity bilia is another aspect of their col- enjoy.” (over-the-road) buses, school buses lective efforts designed to preserve In addition to their budding and novelty vehicles. The oldest materials for the education, appre- museum, the Holters also are Busboys’ buses are from the 1930s. ciation and enjoyment of the major supporters of the Minnesota “Many of the buses in the col- The former Evansville Greyhound station is believed to be one of only two public. Transportation Museum in Saint surviving examples of the distinctive Art Deco architecture, adopted 80 lection are either the last-known “The goal is to preserve yester- Paul, where Stan is superintendent years ago by Greyhound, with its nautical color scheme, curving form and survivor, or one of the few remain- day’s history for tomorrow’s gen- of the classic bus division. long, horizontal lines. Blue Bird gets $4.4 million for electric school bus MACON, Ga. — Blue Bird The vehicle-to-grid (also Department of Energy, we will be districts. bus. The company was the first to Corp. in Fort Valley has been known as V2G) technology en- able to pursue the development of “This initiative will provide re- market it in 1994, Dennis Whitak- awarded $4.4 million to develop a ables the flow of power in and out this technology based on our many sources to explore alternative fuels er, vice president of product devel- zero-emission, vehicle-to-grid of an electric system or grid and years of research.” for school transportation while opment, said. electric school bus. electric-drive vehicles. One of the award’s stipulations sending energy back to the grid,” “Since then, we have been Blue Bird was awarded the “As the leader in alternative is that the bus will be an afford- Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal said in closely monitoring this technolo- largest part of $15 million that the fuel bus solutions, the addition of able, low-cost electric bus vehicle. the release. “The development of a gy, and have found that recent bat- Department of Energy announced an electric school bus rounds out Blue Bird also is looking to imple- low-cost electric school bus is an tery management advances have it would give to organizations “in our portfolio,” Bluebird President/ ment V2G technology that will investment that could save state re- made this project viable,” Whitak- an effort to accelerate the adoption CEO Phil Horlock said in the allow the bus to put electricity sources in the long term.” er said. “We should see our first of advanced and alternative fuel statement. back into the grid, which could This is not the first time Blue new Blue Bird electric school bus vehicles,” according to a release. “Thanks to this award from the help bring funds to school Bird has built an electric school in 2019.” Bus & Motorcoach News INDUSTRY NEWS March 2017 9B No time for marketing? Just let us ‘Do It For You’ By Christian Riddell marketing.” businesses. your services and firm up pricing Motorcoach Marketing Council But the reality just isn’t that Marketing Minute We call it “Do It For You,” for by establishing you as an expert in simple. obvious reasons, and the purpose is more than a dozen niche markets. For the past Before I say something like to actually take the reins and handle Another package will help you four years, it has that, I often think back to my time the marketing on behalf of recruit drivers more effectively, been my pleasure as the director of sales for a motor- It’s the Smart Move companies. open new markets or better estab- to help the Motor- coach company. The program has been designed lish you as the “go-to” provider in coach Marketing It was a time when, if someone road and drivers in the seats. to help bridge the gap between “I that market segment. Council further its had stood in front of me and made Traveling all over the country want to do more marketing” and We also have a very robust à-la- mission. those same statements, I would and meeting with operators has “Our marketing program is deliver- carte program that will let compa- We have been have either laughed them off the shown me that, for many compa- ing results.” nies pick and choose exactly what working to raise stage or thrown something at them. nies, this is not the exception; rath- This new program will include they want and need. Christian Riddell awareness regard- Because I was busy running a er, much more commonly, it’s the many of the existing tools the coun- Most operators we speak with ing the importance of marketing in small satellite fleet, my days were rule. cil offers. However, instead of your know what they want to do more of, the motorcoach industry, while also filled with mandatory, can’t-put-it- The Motorcoach Marketing having to find the time to get into whether it’s selling more to a spe- focusing on making marketing tools off-even-one-second, I-have-no- Council takes its responsibility to the system, figure out what you cific market segment, telling exist- more accessible and easier to use. choice types of things, many of help operators sell more charters, to want or need, come up with a mailing customers about new services We have made major strides, which simply came up during the more people, for more money very ing list and send things out, we will or simply keeping their brand on the but continue to run into the same normal course of business. seriously. do all of it for you. top of consumers’ minds. issue over and over again. While I knew what I needed to While it could be easy to just All we need are a few photos, Most companies have market- I am no stranger to this issue. do in terms of sales and marketing, stay the course and keep trying to your logo and some contact infor- ing objectives, they have a budget As an operator myself, I was devoting the time necessary to help operators see the importance mation. Our team will then create and they have the desire to do more. plagued by operational demands make it happen was nearly of this effort and encouraging them the artwork, order the printing and, If I had a dollar for every time I that filled my days, pushing every- impossible. to somehow come up with the time if you choose, build and acquire a have talked to an operator who has thing else to the back of the prover- I was always trying to carve out to devote to it, we have taken a dif- local mailing list of individuals who said they really want to do more bial bus. time for things, but as long days ferent tack completely. will be interested in the campaign. marketing but just haven’t had any As the executive director of the rolled into long weeks (and then We are excited to launch our lat- We have launched this service time, I would probably be writing council, it can be tempting for me to months and years), the reality was est set of tools designed to make it with a number of pre-built packages this from a beach somewhere drink- simply stand at the front of a room that I was trying to carve out time possible for operators to meet the designed to do specific things. For ing a San Pellegrino with a little and say things like, “Just choose to for things like sleeping and eating. operational demands of their com- example, one package will give pink umbrella in it. make it a priority,” or “Carve out a Goals of marketing and sales panies and consistently reach out to your sales team all of the materials We know that the gap between new markets to grow their charter few minutes a day to focus on gave way to keeping coaches on the needed to start better differentiating CONTINUED ON PAGE 10B c

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ers,” Gendron said. “I know that NTA’s China Inbound Program, in- People we have a great product, as well as cluding educating members on fantastic people who champion how to attract this lucrative inter- SAINTE-CLAIRE, Quebec — our product and our customers.” national segment of business, cre- Prevost has promoted two veteran Hayward comes to his new role ating domestic familiarization employees to lead new coach sales after nine years as a regional sales trips and coordinating U.S. delega- for the company’s newly created manager with Prevost. tions to China. eastern and western regions. “The market for our coaches is Launched in 2008, NTA’s The decision was made to di- different in the West than in the China Inbound Program is the only vide responsibility for the North East, and in these roles we’ll be Glen Gendron Keith Hayward Michaela Grundman Lin Wang such tour operator registration pro- American market under the leader- able to focus on the specific needs gram approved by the China Na- ship of Jack Forbes, the company’s of our customers and sales manag- “Michaela has proven to be a dits; DOT/FMCSA and OSHA tional Tourism Administra- national sales vice president. ers in each region,” Hayward said. great asset to our CH Team and we compliance; risk management; tion. Comprised of more than 225 Glen Gendron and Keith Hay- Before joining Prevost, Hay- are excited to strengthen her role crash investigation and prevent- companies, the program is a re- ward have been named directors of ward worked as a sales manager in our company,” said Duane Gei- ability determination; and the de- source for U.S.-inbound travel pro- new coach sales for the eastern and and sales trainer in the pharmaceu- ger, executive vice president of velopment and implementation of fessionals and is the leader in fa- western regions, respectively. tical industry. Describing himself sales and service. “Michaela first effective safety training programs. cilitating Chinese leisure group “The creation of the two region- as environmentally conscious, joined the company back in June During his early career, McK- travel to the United States. al director positions strengthens the Hayward said he was attracted to of 2013 as a marketing manager. innon worked as a distribution op- “Lin is uniquely qualified to sales team and brings Prevost clos- the motorcoach industry because Her role over the last three years erations supervisor, district loss build on the foundation of our er to the company’s customers,” of the key role it can play in ad- has allowed her to gain a better un- prevention investigator, and senior leadership position in this market Forbes said. dressing traffic and air quality derstanding of the motorcoach in- investigator-business intelligence and promote the array of special- Gendron has worked for Pre- concerns, particularly in the West- dustry and how operators make and investigations. ized services we offer our mem- vost for more than 20 years and ern United States. coach purchasing decisions.” Most recently, he served as a bers,” said Pam Inman, president was most recently the director of “I do think motorcoaches are CH Bus Sales is the exclusive law enforcement officer for 19 of NTA. “By targeting one of the pre-owned coach sales. He began part of the solution to meet transit distributor of Temsa motorcoaches years and retired at the rank of ser- most populous countries in the his career in parts sales in 1996. needs,” he said. in the United States and Canada, of- geant with the Menomonee Falls world, our members have unparal- Over the years, he has also worked fering new and pre-owned coach Police Department. leled access and resources to sig- as a regional parts sales manager FARIBAULT, Minn. — Mi- sales as well as after-market support “We’re pleased to welcome nificantly grow their revenues.” and as a product expert in the Pre- chaela Grundman has been pro- in warranty, technical assistance, Steve, an important addition to our Wang, a native of Hangzhou, vost manufacturing facility in moted to director of marketing at parts, service and maintenance. safety team,” said GO Riteway China, brings with him a first- Sainte-Claire. CH Bus Sales. President Ronald Bast, “and we hand knowledge of China, as well In his new role, Gendron will In her new role, Grundman will MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Steve look forward to working with him.” as extensive expertise in tourism provide valuable insight into the continue to focus on enhancing the McKinnon has joined GO Riteway marketing and client relations. customer experience from order to CH Bus Sales and Temsa brands, Transportation Group as the new LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Na- Prior to joining NTA, Lin was an delivery of a Prevost premium pas- will coordinate all customer and regional safety manager. tional Tour Association has account manager for Partner senger coach. trade show networking events, and McKinnon’s areas of responsi- named Lin Wang as director, China Concepts Inc. “I’m really excited about sup- will work closely with the sales and bility include supervision of the Market Services. “I have heard great things porting the regional sales manag- after-market support teams. safety department staff; safety au- Wang will continue to grow about NTA and its members,” Wang said. “I feel really fortunate to join the team and look forward CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING 2008 Van Hool TD925 Double-Deck Bus to working with all the members and helping with their success in the China market.” Marketing Minute CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9B

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