Address Truck Parking Shortage
Trucking Law Enforcement Group Urges States to Address Truck Parking Shortage. ATAs’ Law Enforcement Advisory Board sent a letter to all 50 governors and state departments of transportation urging them to apply for…
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ATA Hails Committee Passage of Bill
ATA hails committee passage of bill to boost truck parking availability and CEO Chris Spear praised congressional leaders for advancing the Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act – which would authorize $755 million over the next four…
Young Truckers Turning To Apps
Among truck drivers, the lack of available truck parking ranks as a top concern. To help location parking while on the road, many commercial truck drivers — especially younger ones – have turned to mobile apps…
Trucking Focusing on 10 Leading Issues
Every year, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) releases a survey that identifies the U.S. trucking industry ‘s most pressing issues, in addition to strategies on how to deal with these dilemmas…
ELD Rule Impacting Parking, Truckers Say
Drivers are feeling the effects of reduced flexibility from the electronic logging device mandate and are spending more time searching for and worrying about parking, according to a report from Trucker Path. Trucker Path found…
States using technology to address truck parking shortage
There is some good news regarding an issue that has been vexing truck drivers for the past several years: Federal funding has created an eight-state initiative to begin tackling the nation’s truck parking problems…
New NATSO Study Highlights Interstate Truck Parking Capacity Issues
The National Tank Truck Carriers issued the following statement in response to the National Association of Truck Stop Operators’ new report, “Rest Area Commercialization and Truck Parking Capacity 201…
U.S. Funding Truck Parking Initiative
W While many are dreading the new electronic logging device (ELD) regulations coming later this year, there is some good news regarding another major issue that has been concerning truck drivers for t…
Parking for truckers ‘inadequate’
There is a high cost for not having enough safe places for commercial truck drivers to park and rest, according to a pilot study by Oregon State University (OSU). Over a seven-year period on one 290-m…
