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Warner Robins ordinance repealed!
Last night Wendyâs home town council voted down the restrictive two-hour truck parking ordinance theyâd approved just two weeks prior. Hereâs why.
March 5, 2013
Parking
Georgia city mayor requesting driver aid
Warner Robins, Ga., mayor Chuck Shaheen is hoping truck drivers will attend a city council meeting March 4 at 4 p.m. to voice their concerns over the cityâs two-hour parking limitation.
March 3, 2013
Parking
Mayor: Warner Robins parking ban needs compromise
City mayor Chuck Shaheen calls for town council to compromise on the new two-hour time limit.
February 25, 2013
Parking
Câmon, Warner Robins â show us some love
Wendy Parker on her hometownâs ban of truck parking: âSet a precedent for the rest of the country. Find a way to not only make it work, find a way to make it work for both the trucker and the city.â
February 23, 2013
Channel 19
When trucks are âan eyesore and a nuisanceâ
Itâs happened again: A city councilmanâs idea to ban truck parking within town borders shows evidence of what drivers and other advocates are up against in the battle to improve parking availability in less-served areas.
February 19, 2013
Parking
Eating in the dark
Be careful what you put in your mouth on a night haul on a strange route.
February 17, 2013
Parking
States losing support for rest stops, seek funding
Recent year financial constraints have forced state officials nationwide to slice budgets, causing some state legislators to look for commercial support for rest stops.
February 14, 2013
Parking
DOT studying truck parking, size and weight limits
The U.S. Department of Transportation is researching truck size and weights and will soon begin studying availability of truck parking by state.
February 4, 2013
Parking
Abolish three-in-one sinks â now!
Wendy sends a message to Congress: âIf weâre going to start outlawing stuff because itâs dangerous, I think we should start with the automatic sensors on every stinking sink between here and Timbuktu.â
February 1, 2013
Parking
Minnesota to use cameras at truck stops, rest areas to help truckers find parking
The Minnesota DOT announced a testing program at a rest area in which cameras in the parking lot will find and notify truckers of available parking.
January 23, 2013
Parking
More parking now, please; alternatives to âsailboat fuelâ
A reader follows up on our parking-push coverage from September 2012, and several offer preferred slang options for that lightest of loads â nothing.
January 11, 2013
Parking
Snow, wind play havoc on plains
Snow prompted Wednesday evening closures of I-70 in Kansas among other roadways.
December 20, 2012
Channel 19
Donât pay for the privilege to haul
Second Wind Transport independent owner-operator Greg Trott was offered a load recently he would have paid out of pocket to haul â had he made the wrong decision and taken it.
December 11, 2012
Parking
Parking: Notes on circling sharks
âAt about 2 oâclock every afternoon my husband starts fretting about being able to park for our break, which is usually at least six hours away. If he doesnât say something, I usually do.â
December 10, 2012
Parking
TA announces Reserve-It parking
TravelCenters of America has announced a new program that allows drivers to reserve a parking space at select TA and Petro locations in advance of arriving.
October 24, 2012
Channel 19
More O/O challenges: Image, health, parkingâŚ
After primary reporting on owner-operatorsâ top five challenges, sources offer their personal sixth â from parking, training standards and health to driver image and industry unity to influence public opinion and regulatory direction.
August 16, 2012
Channel 19
Truck parking push not over with Jasonâs Law
Following the cheers that went up around the trucking community for the âJasonâs Lawâ truck parking legislationâs inclusion in the MAP-21 highway bill in June, owner-operators like Overdrive reader William McKelvie put a quick lid on the possibility of any resulting driver complacency relative to the parking problem. âWhile everyone has jumped on the proverbial [âŚ]
July 17, 2012
Channel 19
Some good news: Jasonâs Law in the highway bill
In all the hubbub over the mandate for electronic onboard recorders included in the highway-bill language, itâs perhaps been easy to overlook some of better results for truckers and advocates, chief among them other language in the bill that, if it ultimately passes (as expected), brings to fruition nearly four yearsâ worth of advocacy that [âŚ]
June 29, 2012
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