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Parking
7 Midwest states following Michiganās lead to provide parking availability information
Eight contiguous Midwestern states, including Michigan, are following that state's lead with a collaborative parking info system enabled by $25 million grant.
November 3, 2015
Business
Top 10 most intense states for inspection violations
This top-ten hall of fame ā or shame, depending on your perspective ā is actually a top 11, showing states in which the most violations per individual inspection were written throughout calendar year 2014.
July 31, 2015
Business
Biodiesel in crosshairs of lawsuit against Minnesotaās B10 blend mandate
Plaintiffs contend the mandate ādenies consumers in Minnesota access to the diesel fuel recommended for most diesel passenger vehicles and light trucks,ā typically up to B5, while also raising costs for heavy trucks fueling in the state.
April 20, 2015
Channel 19
āParking firestormā cools into substantive, driver-led effort
Independent owner-operator Jason Haggard is urging able drivers to join him at a June 18 council meeting in Coon Rapids, Minn., to begin the process of meeting with the city to address the parking fiasco there.
June 15, 2013
Parking
Catching flies with honey: A parking firestorm in Minnesota
Following a widely circulated picture posted about the truck-parking ordinance banning trucking parking and passed by Coon Rapids, Minn., last year, Wendy reaches out to the city council.
June 10, 2013
Business
The problem solver: Jim Vant of Crow Wing Transport
The story of Vantās fleetās success, built on a strategy of good driver treatment: āIāve never had a truck make me a dime ā itās the person sitting in the seat.ā
June 6, 2013
Channel 19
Four-wheeler scare-quotes āprofessionalā
A letter writer to a Minnesota newspaper, contending thereās an epidemic of big-rig driversā speeding on the nationās highways, is suffering from tunnel vision when he mocks driversā āprofessionalā badge of honor.
October 8, 2012
Equipment
Father-son team finds sweet gig shoring up dikes
Gerald and Jake Albrecht specād these near-identical Kenworth W900L models with Rihm Kenworth in Northern Minnesota for side dump hauling around North Dakota levees.
September 20, 2012
Business
Top drivers to square off
The 75th anniversary 2012 National Truck Driving Championships and National Step Van Driving Championships, hosted by American Trucking Associations, will be held August 7-11 in Minneapolis, Minn., at the Minneapolis Convention Center.
August 2, 2012
Business
OOIDA challenging Minnesota out-of-service criteria
OOIDA is taking on Minnesota troopers and CVSA over amendment that allows out-of-service orders for fatigue based on reasonable suspicion.
June 15, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Meet John Borofka, Dart Contractor of the Year
When I tripped up to Dart Transit headquarters in Eagan, Minn., last month to visit with the Overdrive Owner-Operator of the Year, Dart-leased Larry Severson, I got the unexpected benefit of sitting in on a small ceremony for Dartās own in-company Contractor of the Year for 2012, owner-operator John Borofka, pictured. Borofkaās longevity with the [ā¦]
April 7, 2012
Channel 19
Owner-operator on the guvās blog
Owner-operator Paul Ahles utilized the Minnesota Pollution Control Agencyās program for low, 4 percent financing of auxiliary power units to purchase the APU on his truck today, and as a participant in the program he was featured recently on Minnesota Governor Mark Daytonās blog, availableĀ at this link. Ahles called the choice to purchase the PowerCube [ā¦]
April 6, 2012
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