---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 374.303"
title: "49"
number: "374.303"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/374.303"
---

# §374.303. Definitions.

- (a) Carrier means a motor passenger carrier.
- (b) Bus means a passenger-carrying vehicle, regardless of design or seating capacity, used in a carrier's authorized operations.
- (c) Facility means any structure provided by or for a carrier at or near which buses pick up or discharge passengers.
- (d) Terminal means a facility operated or used by a carrier chiefly to furnish passengers transportation services and accommodations.
- (e) Station means a facility, other than a terminal, operated by or for a carrier to accommodate passengers.
- (f) Service means passenger transportation by bus over regular routes.
- (g) Commuter service, means passenger transportation wholly between points not more than 100 airline miles apart and not involving through-bus, connecting, or interline services to or from points beyond 100 airline miles. The usual characteristics of commuter service include reduced fare, multiple-ride, and commutation tickets, and peak morning and evening operations.
- (h) Baggage means property a passenger takes with him for his personal use or convenience.
- (i) Restroom means a room in a bus or terminal equipped with a toilet, washbowl, soap or a reasonable alternative, mirror, wastebasket, and toilet paper.

## Notes

### Amendments

[55 FR 11199, Mar. 27, 1990, as amended at 66 FR 49871, Oct. 1, 2001; 68 FR 56198, Sept. 30, 2003; 74 FR 2901, Jan. 16, 2009; 81 FR 68345, Oct. 4, 2016]

### Source

Source: 55 FR 11199, Mar. 27, 1990, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 61 FR 54709, Oct. 21, 1996.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 13301 and 14101; and 49 CFR 1.87.

### Amendments

[55 FR 11199, Mar. 27, 1990, as amended at 66 FR 49871, Oct. 1, 2001; 68 FR 56198, Sept. 30, 2003; 74 FR 2901, Jan. 16, 2009; 81 FR 68345, Oct. 4, 2016]