Roundup: Bus Safety in the Senate, FMCSA Takes Super Luxury Out of Service

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Alex Goldmark
Transportation Nation | Mar 30, 2011

(Alex Goldmark, Transportation Nation) The Senate Commerce Committee held a wide-ranging hearing on motor coach safety Wednesday. You can watch an archived webcast here.

During the hearing New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg announced the company that operated one of the buses involved in this month's deadly crashes was taken out of service. National Transportation Safety Board Chair Deborah Hersman also updated the committee on federal investigations, including a mention that calls one driver's version of events into doubt.  Read the full story at WNYC.

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