BHA Website – Exciting News!

Effective October 2023, the administration of the BHA website has been taken in-house within the BHA Officers to allow for more efficient operation and more timely posting of information for all members. We hope that you will find the website more informative and active than in the past. Please get in touch with your BHA Officers if you would like to make suggestions regarding the website.

Bus Industry Magazine – April 2022

Bus Industry Magazine – April 2022 has been mailed to all members.

In this issue…

  • William A. Luke: Busman Extraordinaire
  • 29 Pages of News
  • Toronto’s New Union Station
  • A Safeway Silver Eagle
  • Postcard: Keyline Transit – Dubuque, Iowa
  • Merrill Transit System (Wisconsin)
  • Pullman’s Aquafir Bus
  • More on Cincinatti’s AFC-Brill C44s
  • Historic Ad: Superior’s Rocket
  • Detroit’s Early Days, part V
  • Roster: Merrill-Go-Round

Bus Industry Magazine – August 2021

Bus Industry Magazine – August 2021 has been mailed to all members.

In this issue…

  • Greyhound Canada, End of a Long Road
  • 26 Pages of News
  • Reinstating Fares
  • Utica Rome Bus Co.
  • Greyhound South Africa: Gone in the Covid Wind
  • Postcard: Greyhound Canada 102DL3’s
  • More About ACF 44s of Schenectady
  • Looking at New York
  • Roster: Bernie Bus Service, Rome NY
  • Historic Ad: Weatherproof Body Co.

Bus Industry Magazine – March 2021

Bus Industry Magazine – October 2020 has been mailed to all members.

In this issue…

  • Cincinnati’s bus-carrying incline
  • 31 Pages of News
  • Zeps of Wichita Transit
  • Detroit’s Early Days IV
  • Motorcoach Cavalcade to Washington DC
  • Looking at New York
  • Postcard: Tamiami PD4104
  • Albany, NY in Days Gone By
  • Roster: Fun Tours, Inc.
  • Going, Going: Ottawa’s D40i and Orion 7.501 NG
  • NY City Bus in Disguise
  • Historic Ad: Aerocoach P33

Bus Industry Magazine – October 2020

Bus Industry Magazine – October 2020 has been mailed to all members.

In this issue…

  • Largest ever – 60 Pages!
  • Bieber Tourways, From Beginning to End
  • 26 Pages of News
  • Into The Wild Bus Preserved
  • Detroit’s Early Days
  • Ontario Northland Reaches Winnipeg
  • Coronavirus: Edging Towards Reality
  • Looking at New York
  • Postcard: Articulated in Nashville
  • Roster: Bieber Tourways
  • Historic ad: Six Wheels for Cincinnati

Bus Industry Magazine – April 2020

Bus Industry Magazine – April 2020 has been mailed to all members.

In this issue…

  • Coronavirus – Impact on Bus Service
  • 25 Pages of News
  • BHA’s Ottawa Convention
  • Detroit’s Early Days
  • Looking at New York
  • Postcard: Oklahoma Transp Co PD4905
  • Roster: Outauoais STO
  • 19 Pages of Colour
  • Historic Ad: Brill trollybus for Fort Wayne
  • Latest FTA Bus Grants
  • Remember the Blue Line

BHA Iowa City – CANCELLED

BHA Officers David Vincent, Mario Seneviratne, Bernie Drouillard and myself regretfully have to announce the cancellation of the BHA Annual Convention scheduled for Iowa City from June 11-13, 2020 due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) situation. At this point, the BHA felt that there was no choice for a number of reasons:

  • The CDC in the US has recommended no groups larger than 10 people assemble for the next 8 weeks. While this only is effective until about mid-May, the possibility exists that it may be extended.
  • The BHA has a lot of Canadian members who regularly attend conventions. As of last week, US and Canada agreed to shut down the border for non-essential trips. It is not known when this will be rescinded.
  • The BHA also has a lot of members in the 60+ age group who regularly attend conventions. This is the group with the highest risk to Covid-19 and the BHA Officers do not wish to put them at risk.
  • Even if activities were to return to normal in 4-6 weeks,  people will be hesitant to travel for some time. If the convention had low attendance, the BHA would risk a financial loss due to the full size charter coaches that were already booked for our activities.
  • While it might be possible to reschedule the convention later in the year, many of our members in the bus industry sign for their holidays during the previous year. This would make it hard for some people to adjust to a new time, with little warning.

The BHA is still hopeful of doing a convention in Iowa City, possibly in June 2021.

The BHA also thanks members who have submitted the convention survey for years 2021-2025. If you have not responded yet, there is still time. The results will be published in a future issue of “Bus Industry”.

Please be careful over the next few weeks and follow the suggestions of your elected officials to self-isolate and social distance. I know we are all looking forward to the day when we can resume our bus enthusiast hobby, but for now, it is safer inside.

Kevin Nicol

Convention Coordinator

Bus History Association

Bus Industry Magazine – October 2019

Bus Industry Magazine – October 2019 has been mailed to all members.

In this issue…

  • Paul A. Leger
  • Detroit’s Early Days
  • 29 Pages of News
  • Looking at New York
  • Portland Postcard
  • Greyhound’s Changing Fleet
  • Boston’s Anzuoni Empire
  • Five pages of colour
  • Campus Bus Service (Ohio State) Roster
  • Historic Ad: Wayne All-steel Streamliner