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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has developed a free mobile app called SaferBus. It allows consumers to access a bus company’s safety performance record, check authority and insurance status, file a complaint and more. For more information, please visit FMCSA’s website at http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safety-security/saferbus/saferbus.aspx.


Limousine Operators (Minn. Stat. § 221.84 and Minn. Rule part 8880)
Limousine transportation is provided in a luxury passenger automobile that does not have a meter, where the service in prearranged, the seating capacity is not more that 12 passengers, and which charges more than a taxicab for a comparable trip.

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Motor Carriers of Passengers (Minn. Stat. § 221.0252)
"Motor Carriers of Passengers" are persons engaged in the for-hire transportation of passengers in vehicles designed to transport 8 or more passengers, including the driver.

Note: "Small vehicle passenger service" is a service provided by a person engaged in the for-hire transportation of passengers in a vehicle designed to transport 7 or fewer persons including the driver. The cities in which they operate and the Metropolitan Commission regulate small vehicle passenger service.

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Special Transportation Service (STS) Operators
(Minn. Stat. § 174.30 and Minn. Rule parts 8840.5100 to 8840.6300)
A person who receives state or federal funding to assist in providing transportation that is designed primarily or exclusively to serve the elderly or disabled.


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