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Driver Feedback Gauges First 6 months of 2020
Since the beginning of 2020, WorkHound has been collecting driver feedback on everything from pay to COVID-19, safety, and logistics.
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Since the beginning of 2020, WorkHound has been collecting driver feedback on everything from pay to COVID-19, safety, and logistics.
The rise of all-electronic tolling across the United States, which has accelerated due to COVID-19 concerns with cash payments and toll booth interactions, has resulted in new challenges for commercial fleets, especially if they are heavy toll facility users with a national footprint.
“We don’t only deliver freight. We deliver awareness.” That’s what Jim Barrett, president and CEO of Road Scholar Transport, likes to say about the Dunmore, Pennsylvania-based carrier’s “awareness fleet.” Its latest trailer wrap honors the everyday heroes of the pandemic.
Phillips Industries recently created the Sta-Safe, a hands-free door extension that attaches to public door handles to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and other viruses.
A recent American Truck Business Services (ATBS) survey of more than 300 owner-operators highlights the effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the businesses, as well as the results of federal relief programs and relaxed regulations.
Looking at the spot market for the third week of July, it's hard to tell where we may be going, with rates and volumes hard to compare to typical seasonal trends due to COVID-19.
The American Trucking Associations and the Women in Trucking association have announced their fall events will be virtual ones this year.
A new feature of the Penske Driver App helps truck drivers with social distancing by allowing them to remotely check in their vehicles for scheduled preventive maintenance or repairs.
NATSO is now encouraging all truckstops and travel plazas to adopt a policy requiring customers to wear some type of face covering to protect the health and safety of both employees and customers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cross-border truck drivers can now transmit required personal contact information to Canadian Customs and Health officials securely through the ArriveCan app.