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Florida DOT wants truck parking input for expansion along I-4 | Latest Paccar recalls

Drivers can participate in the parking meetings virtually, via phone, or in-person. Also: Paccar recalls 1,100 Kenworth, Peterbilt trucks for methane detection system issue; Latest Highway Angel honored; M&K Truck Centers expands in Penn., W.Va.

January 12, 2022

Operators grade shippers, and the results get surprising

While top researchers attribute the so-called "driver shortage" to widespread driver underutilization, a new report from Convoy shows that drivers and carriers actually show favor for most shipping facilities, despite well-known detention issues.

January 4, 2022

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Automated truck makes 80-mile run in Arizona

Autonomous truck tech developer TuSimple says it completed an 80-mile trip with a Class 8 truck "without a human in the vehicle and without human intervention." Also: Truck parking info signs added on Indiana Toll Road; Arizona boosting truck enforcement.

January 3, 2022

Employer vaccine mandate headed to Supreme Court | New truck parking coming to former weigh stations

The ATA and 26 other groups filed an appeal with the Supreme Court after an appeals court reinstated the mandate. Also: Ohio will turn unused weigh stations into truck parking; Western Star, Great Dane announce recalls; Logistics group expands in CA.

December 20, 2021

How COVID fast-tracked an explosion in power-only trucking

Compared to intermodal and auto-hauling operations previously explored, long-tail COVID pandemic ramifications have been decidedly more positive for power-only independent operators, the focus of this part of Overdrive's 2021 "Niche Hauls" series.

December 8, 2021

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Fleets, operators hugely at odds over truck parking crisis

While the debate around driver compensation v. a perceived "driver shortage" is well-worn, Rebecca Brewster of ATRI pointed to big driver concern around truck parking as cause for a loud wakeup call for fleets, whose own concern levels rank far lower.

December 6, 2021

ATRI's Rebecca Brewster told attendees of a fleet conference they should be doing more to increase parking options for operators, pointing out that many of attendees likely drove past trucks parked on the shoulders and ramps of highways for lack of parking. 'This is an untenable positions drivers are faced with,' she said.

Trucking group asks DOT for $1 billion investment into truck parking

OOIDA, in a letter to DOT Secretary Buttigieg, requested that the department use $1 billion in discretionary funds for expanding truck parking capacity. Also: Timpte recalling certain 2022 hopper trailers; Ohio troopers unveil new mobile scale vehicles.

November 30, 2021

Love's adds more than 300 truck parking spaces | Fleet offers 5 cpm 'driver shortage surcharge'

The truck stop giant opened new stores in Ohio, Florida and Georgia this week. Also: Financing firm offering equipment financing for start-up businesses; Alabama-based flatbed fleet giving drivers 5 cpm 'Driver Shortage Surcharge.'

November 19, 2021

ATA, other trucking groups join legal fight against COVID vaccine mandate

ATA was joined by state trucking associations in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas in its fight against OSHA's Emergency Temporary Standard. Also: Biden lays out immediate infrastructure plans to help improve supply chain issues; New truck parking app.

November 10, 2021

Truck parking funding left out of 2022 Budget Reconciliation bill

The House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee advanced its portion of the 2022 Budget Reconciliation, which included $60B for various projects, notably $4B to reduce carbon emissions in trucking. The committee rejected truck parking expansion.

September 15, 2021

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Expanded truck parking coming in Indiana | New fuel-related truck/trailer recalls

Indiana is investing in upgrading 16 rest areas, which will expand truck parking in the state. Also: Recalls announced for medium-duty KW, Peterbilt trucks for potential fuel leak; Wabash reefers recalled for possible fuel tank bracket failure.

August 23, 2021

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Bill floated to pay truck owners to install fuel efficient tech, devices | I-40 parking closed at this rest area

Legislation introduced in the U.S. House would establish a DOE voucher program to help truck owners in purchasing and installing fuel-saving, emission-reducing technologies. Also: KW's T680 fuel cell-electric truck. Parking closed at I-40 rest area.

August 13, 2021

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Third generation Stuckey seeking to revive original roadside oasis

Stephanie Stuckey, the granddaughter of Stuckey's founder Sylvester Stuckey and current CEO of the company, is on a quest to revive the iconic company that was sold the year before she was born.

August 12, 2021

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Minneapolis follows through with truck parking ban, with escalating penalties

The Minneapolis City Council passed the ordinance banning truck parking in the city by a 12-1 vote. Also: Florida-based trucker named Highway Angel for helping control truck fire at fuel stop. The Tennesseean truck stop on I-65 closed after its own fire.

July 27, 2021

The key limitations of truck parking info delivery systems

Improvements in touchless parking-info delivery direct to the cabs of working trucks could be the holy grail for mobile-comms systems' efficacy. For roadside signs, it's all about accuracy and sign placement.

July 22, 2021

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Bill to establish towing protections for truckers vetoed in Missouri

Missouri Gov. Michael Parson said the sections of the bill pertaining to commercial vehicle towing are “legally problematic.” Also: Women in Trucking looking for award nominees; Highway Angel recognized for helping at accident scene.

July 14, 2021

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Truck parking survey: How do you access parking availability information?

With a recent ATRI report out on truck parking, this brief survey looks at one of the big topics (truck parking availability information delivery systems). Take this brief survey to weigh in: How do you access such info, if at all?

July 2, 2021

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Industry orgs at odds over House's passage of INVEST in America highway bill

The bill passed the U.S. House on Thursday with provisions to increase motor carriers' liability insurance minimums to $2 million, a requirement for automatic emergency braking systems to be installed on new trucks and more.

July 1, 2021

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The Business Manual for Owner-Operators

Overdrive editors and ATBS present the industry’s best manual for prospective and committed owner-operators. You’ll find exceptional depth on many issues in the 2021 edition of Partners in Business.

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