TRANSPORTATION ADVISORS CO

DBA: BUSES AND MORE

DOT# 2547470 MC# 1639722CARRIER

ACTIVE

Trust Score

87 / 100

B Good

Components

Compliance · 40% 100

Safety · 35% 73

Insurance · 25% 85

Driver OOS rate is 4.0× the national average No active cargo insurance on file

Confidence: high · based on FMCSA safety, insurance & authority data How is this calculated?

Overview

Address

9010 PILLSBURY AVE SO

BLOOMINGTON, MN 55420

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Contact

Phone: (612) 490-3185

Fax: (763) 753-3721

Email: jd@busesandmore.com

Company Officers

JAMES DICKENSON

Business Info

D&B #: 0

HazMat: HazMat Carrier

Fleet

Power Units

Drivers

Equipment Breakdown

Owned Tractors1

Authority

Status: ACTIVE

FMCSA add date: Oct 5, 2014

Common authority: Jul 12, 2024

Authority History (1)

Authority Type	Action	Date
MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	Jul 12, 2024

Cargo Types

Motor VehiclesDrive-Away/Tow-AwayPassengers

Active Certifications

Property

MCS-150

Last updated: May 13, 2025

Mileage: 10,000 (2023)

Operation Classification

PRIVATE PROPERTYAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier Operation

Interstate

Recent Changes

Identitycompany officer 1: JAMES DICKENSON → JAMES DICKENSONSep 5, 2026

Contactemail: JD@BUSESANDMORE.COM → jd@busesandmore.comAug 20, 2026

Identitycompany officer 1: JAMES DICKENSON → JAMES DICKENSONAug 20, 2026

Contactemail: JD@BUSESANDMORE.COM → Aug 18, 2026

Contactemail: → JD@BUSESANDMORE.COMAug 15, 2026

Safety

Out-of-Service Rates

Driver4 inspections

25.0%

6.3%

Carrier National avg

Vehicle1 inspections

0.0%

22.9%

Carrier National avg

Hazmat

No hazmat inspections

Overall4 inspections

25.0%

Carrier

Crash Summary

Fatal

Injury

1.0

per 1M miles

Towaway

Total

BASIC Violations

Unsafe Driving7

Driver Fitness0

Hours of Service3

Drug / Alcohol0

Vehicle Maintenance1

Safety Measurement System (SMS)

FMCSA's official per-BASIC roadside-performance measures over the trailing 24 months, computed from the 4 inspections below. A measure of 0 means no recorded violations in that BASIC — not necessarily a strong safety record on a small sample. FMCSA does not publish peer-group percentiles for property carriers, so the underlying measures — not percentile rankings — are shown; Hazmat Compliance and Crash Indicator are not published. Based on fewer than 11 inspections — treat these measures as a weak signal.

SMS Inspections (24 mo)

Total

Driver OOS

Vehicle OOS

BASIC Measures

Unsafe Driving7.001 insp w/ viol

Hours of Service2.752 insp w/ viol

Driver Fitness0.000 insp w/ viol

Controlled Substances0.000 insp w/ viol

Vehicle Maintenance1.001 insp w/ viol

Insurance

$1,000,000

BIPD Coverage

—

Cargo Coverage

1 policy on file1 active

Type	Status	Insurer	Policy #	Coverage	Effective	Expires	Form
BIPD	Active	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CA983615257	$1,000,000	May 21, 2025	—	91X

Insurance History (1)

Type	Insurer	Status	Coverage	Effective	Cancelled
BIPD · F91X	UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	ReplacedTERM/REPL	$750,000	Jul 8, 2024	May 21, 2025

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