Tag: trucking parking

Channel 19
When trucks are ā€˜an eyesore and a nuisanceā€™
Itā€™s happened again: A city councilmanā€™s 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
Lack of a local parking ban on trucks in Erin, Tenn., means owner-operator Dan Heister is able with the property owner’s permission to utilize this gravel lot in his area at the intersection two state routes occasionally for overnight parking.
Channel 19
More O/O challenges: Image, health, parkingā€¦
After primary reporting on owner-operatorsā€™ top five challenges, sources offer their personal sixth ā€” from parking, training standards and health to driver image and industry unity to influence public opinion and regulatory direction.
August 16, 2012
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Channel 19
Jasonā€™s Law: Time for action is now
Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works unanimously approved a two-year transportation authorization bill (S. 1813, or MAP-21) extending current funding levels and making other enhancements that could lead, said Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer, to new jobs. Of chief interest for trucking advocates is the inclusion in this bill of Jasonā€™s Law, intended [ā€¦]
November 10, 2011
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Channel 19
Jasonā€™s Law national call-in day June 23; drivers urge action
Last year it came on the heels of calls for passage from often at-odds constituencies in the industry, and this year, drivers and other industry parties are following similar unity after Jasonā€™s Lawā€™s May reintroduction to the 112th U.S. Congress by New York Congressman Paul Tonko to urge drivers to make vocal their support next [ā€¦]
June 16, 2011
Channel 19
Unity diaries: Jasonā€™s Law lives
Itā€™s been more than two years since New York trucker Jason Rivenburg was slain in South Carolina after being held up while parked at an abandoned commercial property. Itā€™s also been two years since House member Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) introduced the bill named for Rivenburg, ā€œJasonā€™s Law,ā€ to provide boosted funding for states to expand [ā€¦]
May 12, 2011
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Channel 19
ā€˜No Parkingā€™ ā€” another day in the trucking headlines
As the folks with AsktheTrucker.com report a soon-to-be-released musical paean to the truck parking legislation known as Jasonā€™s Law, there are at least two new blows to truck parking availability worldwide: The first comes from Arnold, Mo., where state rep and former truck driver Tim Meadows was on record supportingĀ an aggressive local ban on truck [ā€¦]
July 12, 2010
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