Motor Bus Society

Memberships

http://www.motorbussociety.org/join.html

• Canadian: $60 annually (in US funds)
• US: $50 annually
• Overseas: $70 annually (in US funds)

Publications

The MBS produces a quarterly magazine, Motor Coach Age, that is sent to all members of the group. It usually focuses on one or two in-depth histories of a transit operation (with photos and rosters too).

Conventions

The MBS holds conventions twice a year (Spring & Fall). They feature bus excursions, bus garage and bus facility tours and photo stops.

Upcoming conventions

Year	Dates	Location
Fall 2024	October 17-20	Pittsburgh, PA
Spring 2025	April 24-26	Jacksonville, FL/Savannah, GA/Hilton Head, SC
Fall 2025	October 10-12	Indianapolis, IN
Spring 2026	April 23-25	Minneapolis, MN
Fall 2026	October 1-4	Chicago, IL (APTA Expo)

Past

Year	Dates	Location
Spring 2024	April 18-21	Toronto, ON
Fall 2023	October 13-15	Orange County, CA/San Diego, CA
Spring 2023	April 27-30	New York City Metro Area (75th Anniversary Convention)
Fall 2022	October 13-16	Chicago, IL
Spring 2022	April 28-30, May 1	Washington, DC/Baltimore, MD
Fall 2021	October 7-9	Phoenix, AZ
Spring 2021	April 23-25	Washington, DC (cancelled) (A virtual convention was held via Zoom on April 24)
Fall 2020	October 8-11	Anaheim, CA (APTA Expo) (cancelled) (APTA Expo rescheduled to November 8-10, 2021 in Orlando, FL)
Spring 2020	April 24-26	Indianapolis, IN (cancelled)
Fall 2019	October 12-19	Paris, France
Spring 2019	April 26-28	Las Vegas, NV
Fall 2018	October 5-7	Portland, OR
Spring 2018	April 26-29	Boston, MA
Fall 2017	October 6-8	Atlanta, GA (APTA Expo)
Spring 2017	April 28-30	Orlando/Tampa, FL
Fall 2016	October 7-9	Sacramento, CA
Spring 2016	April 28-30 & May 1	St. Louis, MO
Fall 2015	October 15-17	Halifax, NS
Spring 2015	April 23-26	Connecticut Valley, CT
Fall 2014	October 17-19	Ann Arbor, MI
Spring 2014	April 25-27	Seattle, WA
Fall 2013	September 20-24	London, England (Special 65th Anniversary Convention)
Spring 2013	April 25-28	Metro New York City (65th Anniversary Convention)
Fall 2012	October 5-7	Buffalo, NY
Spring 2012	April 27-29	Metro Los Angeles, CA
Fall 2011	October 14-16	Cleveland, OH
Spring 2011	April 29-30 & May 1	San Antonio, TX
Fall 2010	October 7-9	Harrisburg, PA
Spring 2010	April 23-25	Vancouver & Victoria, BC
Fall 2009	October 9-11	Eastern Virgina
Spring 2009	April 24-25	Kansas City, MO
Fall 2008	October 17-19	Southwestern Ontario
Spring 2008	April 25-27	Denver, CO
Fall 2007	October 6-8	Dayton, OH
Spring 2007	April 27-29	Raleigh, NC
Fall 2006	October 6-8	Québec City, QC
Spring 2006	April 29-30 & May 1	Miami, FL
Fall 2005	October 8-10	Philadelphia, PA
Spring 2005	April 15-18	San Francisco, CA
Fall 2004	October 8-10	Washington, DC
Spring 2004	April 17-18	New Orleans, LA
Fall 2003	October 10-12	Boston, MA
Spring 2003	April 26-27	Salt Lake City, UT
Fall 2002	October 11-14	Chicago, IL
Spring 2002	April 27-28	Dallas, TX
Fall 2001	October 5-7	Montreal, QC
Spring 2001	April 28-29	Atlanta, GA
Fall 2000	October 14-15	Portland, OR
Spring 2000	April 15-16	Pittsburgh, PA
Fall 1999	October 9-10	Orlando, FL (APTA Expo)
Spring 1999	April 30 & May 1-2	Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
Fall 1998	October 9-11	San Diego, CA
Spring 1998	April 17-19	Metro New York, NY (50th Anniversary Convention)
Fall 1997	October 18-19	Cincinnati, OH
Spring 1997	April 12-13	Richmond, VA
Fall 1996	October 12-13	Los Angeles, CA
Spring 1996	April 13-14	Philadelphia, PA
Fall 1995	October 14-15	Seattle, WA
Spring 1995	April 22	Springfield, MA
Fall 1994	October 8-9	Phoenix, AZ
Spring 1994	April 16-17	Clifton, NJ
Spring 1993	May 15-16	Cleveland, OH
Fall 1992	October 10-11	Los Angeles, CA
Spring 1992	April 11-12	Toronto, ON
Fall 1991	October 12-13	Denver, CO
Spring 1991	April 13-14	Albany, NY
Fall 1990	October 12-13	Long Island, NY
Spring 1990	April 21-22	St. Louis, MO
Fall 1989	October 14-15	Washington, DC
Spring 1989	April 15-16	Houston, TX
Fall 1988	October 8-9	Detroit, MI
Spring 1988	April 9-10	Northern New Jersey (40th Anniversary Convention)
Fall 1987	September 25-27	San Francisco, CA
Spring 1987	April 11-12	Harrisburg, PA
Fall 1986	October 18-19	Providence, RI
Spring 1986	April 5-6	Atlantic City, NJ
Fall 1985	October 5-6	Buffalo, NY
Spring 1985	May 4-5	San Diego, CA
Fall 1984	September 29-30	Baltimore, MD/Washington, DC (APTA Expo & Joint Convention with the BHA)
Spring 1984	April 7-8	Toronto, ON
Fall 1983	October 15-16	Central New Jersey
Spring 1983	May 14-15	Milwaukee, WI
Fall 1982	October 16-17	Hartford, CT
Spring 1982	April 3-4	Cincinnati, OH
Fall 1981	October 17-18	San Francisco, CA
Spring 1981	April 11-12	Chicago, IL
Fall 1980	October 11-12	Orlando, FL
Spring 1980	April 12-13	Pittsburgh, PA
Fall 1979	October 6-8	Cleveland, OH
Spring 1979	March 31 & April 1	Richmond, VA
Fall 1978	October 7-8	Los Angeles, CA
Spring 1978	April 1-2	Philadelphia, PA
Fall 1977	September 17-18	Toronto, ON
Spring 1977	March 26-27	Boston, MA
Fall 1976	September 18-19	New York City and Long Island, NY
Spring 1976	March 27-28	Baltimore, MD/Washington, DC
Spring 1975	April 12-13	Westchester County, NY
Fall 1974	September	Reading, PA
Spring 1973	April 7-8	Newark, NJ/New York, NY (25th Anniversary Convention)
Spring 1969	April 12-13	Chicago, IL
Fall 1968	September	Wilkes-Barre, PA
Spring 1968	March 23-24	Washington, DC (20th Anniversary Convention)
Fall 1967	October 7-8	Hartford, CT
Spring 1967	April 1-2	Buffalo, NY

External Links

• MBS website