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Channel 19
Parking roundtable with focus on Texas lanes set for GATS
On Saturday, Aug. 24, at noon at GATS, join us to give your input directly to TxDOT on parking needs and new capacity ideas. Former owner-op Scott Grenerth will host a discussion intended to bring in the audience for input with a TxDOT rep, Clark Freight Lines company driver Jack Smith and North Carolina independent owner-op Ingrid Brown.
August 14, 2019
Parking
POLL: How often, if at all, do you pay for the ability to reserve a parking space?
Is paying for a parking-space reservation a normal part of your routine trucking business or more of a last resort? You can weigh in via this poll or via our podcast voicemail message line at 530-408-6423. Be sure to state your name and home location with any message.
August 6, 2019
Overdrive Radio
The truck parking problem: Tools in the toolbox, modest capacity proposals, and more
Listen to the 2018 Great American Trucking Show parking panel discuss truck parking problems and advocacy on this week's Overdrive Radio podcast.
October 19, 2018
Voices
NATSO: Overdrive asked wrong question in rest area commercialization report
Could rest area commercialization lead to a reduction in truck parking? NATSO's Lisa Mullings offers her opinion about rest area commercialization on Overdrive.
June 18, 2018
Parking
Florida parking-availability information system deployment getting under way
An information-distribution system to be deployed first on the I-4 and I-95 corridors by the Florida Department of Transportation will aim to distribute parking-availability data to professional drivers in real-time.
September 13, 2016
Parking
‘All the money in the world’ may not be enough to solve trucking’s parking crisis, panelists say
Simply adding more parking spaces, even along busy freight corridors, likely wouldn’t fix the country’s widespread truck parking shortage, said four panelists at a seminar held last week at the Mid-America Trucking Show.
April 5, 2016
Parking
Trucking groups fighting state initiatives to close rest stops
Notes on closures in Connecticut and Arkansas, and a new one in North Carolina. Trucking groups, meanwhile, continue to fight closures, which come in response to tightening state budgets.
February 16, 2016
Channel 19
Jason’s Law parking survey: Top 10 states in need of more spaces
Ranked here find the states where the dearth of spaces is most pronounced — and tell us: What three states as a general rule present the biggest parking problems for you?
September 21, 2015
Parking
Trucking parking bans instituted in Washington state
Washington’s Pierce County just became the state’s second county this month to bar truck parking on residential streets in unincorporated areas. Truckers told commissioners, however, the ordinance does not consider the difficulty balancing HOS restrictions, insufficient parking and travel time between truck stops.
July 18, 2014
Parking
Parking shortage: DOT looking for driver feedback
The Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration wants to hear from drivers about the challenges they face in finding parking and when and where shortages occur.
April 24, 2014
Parking
FLSA reform, parking, detention: MCSAC prioritizes reauthorization recommendations
Reforming employee-driver compensation by removing the FLSA overtime exemption was among top recommendations, likewise expanding truck-parking availability, sleep apnea, further New Entrant attention and more.
February 11, 2014
Parking
More parking now, please; alternatives to ‘sailboat fuel’
A reader follows up on our parking-push coverage from September 2012, and several offer preferred slang options for that lightest of loads — nothing.
January 11, 2013
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