FirstGroup and Laidlaw Officially Merge

Laidlaw is gone. As of today, visiting Laidlaw.com redirects you to FirstGroup America's new site. The two transit giants have officially merged to form "Ma Wheel".

The redesigned website has some interesting things to say about the future of our "favorite" bus company:

• Over 98,000 employees are now working for FirstGroup, although they don't specify whether this is international or just in America...
• Stating the obvious, Laidlaw Education Services and Laidlaw Transit Services, their school and city bus services, respectively, will join with First Student and First Transit.
• In a surprising move, Greyhound will retain a seperate unit as well as retain it's brand, so no First Greyhound after all.

If you'd like to read the specifics, their offical merger info page is available here.

I, for one, would be interested in hearing what they're doing to improve the First Student experience.