Megabus Earns Best-in-Class Safety Standard from TSX
Transportation Safety Exchange and Coach USA have announced that all Megabus.com carriers are now TSX approved, making Megabus.com the first carrier group to achieve TSX approval for all of its motor carriers. Almost a third of Coach USA’s other companies are also TSX approved.
Fairfax, VA-based TSX is an independent safety rating organization that provides safety ratings of more than 300,000 passenger and freight carriers.
Paramus, NJ-based Coach USA is a motor coach company made up of more than 30 local companies in North America that operate scheduled bus routes, motor coach tours, charters, and city sightseeing tours.
“We are very proud of the number of TSX Approved companies in both our megabus.com group and in the overall Coach USA organization, because it demonstrates that we have implemented the highest standards of safety,” said Don Carmichael, Executive Vice President and Senior Vice President, Safety of Coach USA. “We take our commitment to safety very seriously, and now with the entire megabus.com group of companies achieving TSX approval, we are being recognized for maintaining the most stringent safety standards in the industry.
“It is important for customers to have a way to identify the safer carriers on the road. Megabus.com and Coach USA have made safety their top priority,” said Dr. Jolanda Janczewski, Chief Executive Officer of Transportation Safety Exchange. “We believe that quality service delivery, which includes a non-compromising approach to safety, is a distinct advantage in the motor coach industry.”
ABOUT MEGABUS.COM AND COACH USA
Megabus.com, operating in 33 states in the USA, the District of Columbia and two provinces in Canada, is one of the largest privately funded providers of city-to-city express bus transportation. Megabus.com serves more than 120 cities in North America, including routes operated by other Coach USA subsidiaries. Megabus.com operates service from 13 hubs in Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Texas Triangle (Dallas, Houston, San Antonio), Washington D.C. and Toronto – creating more than 1,000 new, professional jobs. More information at: www.megabus.com.
About Transportation Safety Exchange
Transportation Safety Exchange (TSX) is an independent rating organization that inspects, monitors and reports the safety performance of motor carriers in the ground transportation industry. TSX’s mission is to reduce highway accidents, save lives and minimize the cost of damages from motor carrier accidents across North America. More information at: www.GetThereSafely.com.
Category: General Update, Transit News
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