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The International Association of Transportation Regulators (IATR) will celebrate its 35th anniversary in Memphis, Tenn., at its conference scheduled for September 22-25. After two challenging—yet productive—years weathering the pandemic together virtually, IATR will finally visit the Southern destination, which was slated to be the host of its 2020 conference. IATR conference attendees will take part in four days of educational and networking activities, including visiting Graceland (the home of Elvis Presley), enjoying live music venues on Beale Street, as well as meeting the legendary ducks at the historic Peabody Memphis Hotel.
The theme of the IATR’s 35th Annual Conference will be “Transportation Equity!” with almost every conference session focused on the concept of equity. Sessions will address promoting accessible, affordable, and sustainable transportation for everyone in the community, with a fair distribution of resources, benefits, costs, programs, and services that account for differences in income, ability, and other factors affecting modal choice.
While associate and industry members are invited to attend, they must be a sponsor or a first-time attendee. Contact the association for more details on rates.
Visit iatr.global for more information.
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Keep yourself informed and connected to other members of the industry by attending these important meetings. You can also view meetings for the rest of the year on Chauffeur Driven’s Industry Events page.
Wisconsin Limousine Association
Zoom Meeting
4/13 at 1:00 p.m. CT (RSVP to admin@wisconsinlimo.org)
New England Livery Association
April 2022 Quarterly Meeting at Kowloon Restaurant (Saugus, Mass)
4/14 at 6:00-9:00 p.m. ET (registration required)
Coffee With ILLBA
Zoom Meeting
4/19 at 10:00 a.m. CT (RSVP to info@illba.org)
Minority Limousine Operators of America
Zoom Meeting – “Marketing Your Business”
4/27 at 1:00 p.m. ET
Limousine, Bus, Taxi Operators of Upstate New York
Zoom Meeting
(tentative) 4/28 at 5:30 p.m. ET (RSVP to limocompanies@yahoo.com)
Did we miss your association meeting? Let us know! Email susan@chauffeurdriven.com or rob@chauffeurdriven.com to be included in our calendar.
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The American Bus Association (ABA) recently released a statement of support of the CERTS Tax Exemption Act (HR 7477). The legislation introduced by Reps. Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), Darin LaHood (R-Ill.), Albio Sires (D-N.J.), and John Rose (R-Tenn.) would provide tax relief to the motorcoach, school bus, and passenger vessel industries devastated by the COVID pandemic.
ABA President & CEO Peter Pantuso
The bill would make the $2 billion Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services (CERTS) Act money tax-exempt grants, which would bring parity with other industries that received relief funds from Congress such as the Paycheck Protection Program, Shuttered Venues Operators Grant, and the Restaurant Revitalization Fund grants, which are all tax-exempt.
"We appreciate the continued support we have received from Reps. Panetta, Sires, LaHood, and Rose in recognizing the important role of the motorcoach industry plays in the United States transportation system and economy," said ABA President & CEO Peter Pantuso. "This legislation is about fairness. The emergency grants awarded through the CERTS Act program should be treated the same way the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), Shuttered Venues Operators Grant program (SVOG), and the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) grant program were treated in terms of taxation."
ABA thanks Reps. Panetta, LaHood, Sires, and Rose for their hard work in crafting this important legislation and their commitment to helping the school bus, motorcoach and passenger vehicles industries recover from this pandemic and urges House Leader Nancy Pelosi to act on this vital legislation as soon as possible.
Visit buses.org for more information.
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