
New research from the American Transportation Research Institute sheds some light on the state of truck parking at state-provided rest areas and other public facilities.
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Electronic signs now tell truck drivers how many truck parking spaces are available at Interstate 10 rest areas in western and southeastern Arizona.
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In conjunction with National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, the U.S. Department of Transportation is launching a new awareness program in hopes of educating transportation workers and travelers on how to spot signs of human trafficking.
Read More →The causes of the Highland Park rest area crash go far beyond the parking shortage and the need for flexibility in hours of service — but those issues must be addressed, too, says Jim Park in his On the Road blog.
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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating what happened last week when a bus crashed into three tractor-trailers parked along an exit ramp leading into an Illinois rest area.
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The American Transportation Research Institute Board of Directors approved its 2023 top research priorities.
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The House passed a five-year highway bill, but there's still a long way to go before there's a real agreement on infrastructure funding on Capitol Hill.
Read More →The Reason Foundation’s Robert Poole suggests the Interstate System should have state-of-the-art service plazas, and that three factors may lead to support for reconsideration of the no-commercial-services rule for interstate rest areas.
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Following the announcement from Love’s Travel Stops requiring the use of masks by all employees and customers last week, both the Pilot Company and TravelCenters of America (TA) will now observe the same policy in all of their facilities across the country.
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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.
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