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Parking: Page 15
Arkansas matters, and so do the truckers
Latest media foul well apparent from this headline: âTruckers Use Walmart Parking Lot as a Truck Stop; Customers Feel Unsafeâ â actually, just one customer. . .
February 18, 2015
Barriers to the next generation of drivers detailed in ATRIâs demographics study
It will be difficult, noted ATRI President Rebecca Brewster, to keep drivers in trucking if âthe drivers are forced ⌠to drive during periods of increased riskâ due to the nature of the hours of service regulations.
February 14, 2015
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When real life and fiction meet
In which George and Wendy get a new hometown parking spot â maybe.
February 9, 2015
Parking
âSmartâ truck parking ahead? Feds test tech offering live info, reservations
U.S. officials are testing SmartPark in Tennessee in hopes of expanding the real-time parking data and reservation system to other freight corridors.
February 9, 2015
Channel 19
Strong voices on parking
Conversations on the situation continue in the wake of mainstream media attention to truckersâ parking needs.
February 3, 2015
Parking
Gearing up for MATS
[youtube qY1LlwJxiFU nolink] Truck show season kicks off in March, and itâs all Iâm hearing about these days. Apparently, MATS is going to be one heck of a show â weâve heard from all kinds of people about all kinds of neat stuff thatâs going to happen there. Iâm going to be brutally honest and [âŚ]
February 1, 2015
Parking
Be part of the problem, or part of the solution â your choice
Thereâs another video going around â this time of a guy peeing in the parking lot, in broad daylight, at a facility that clearly has public restrooms close. Iâm sent at least one of these videos a week, or see them on other trucking pages. I donât repost them, I donât share them. I donât [âŚ]
January 28, 2015
Parking
Parking shortage hits the mainstream
A Wall Street Journal story last week took on the issue of the difficulties faced by truckers finding a safe parking spot in widespread congested areas around the nation.
January 27, 2015
Channel 19
The rest: Tying the knot on 2014
The third and final part of the Channel 19 2014 year in review, threading the needle through the most-read posts to the blog, here with an emphasis on rates and pay, parking and more.
December 30, 2014
Parking
TA to close on VA I-81, cutting 129 parking spaces
TravelCenters of America at Virginiaâs I-81 Exit 150 will permanently close at 4 p.m. Nov. 15. The stop has 129 parking spaces that will be lost, which likely will add to the already exiting parking problems on I-81.
November 3, 2014
Parking
Far from just a âdriver gripeâ: Parking a growing concern for fleets, too
A perennial concern of drivers and owner-operators stands firm in the ranks at the No. 6 position in a prominent fleet survey: Truck parking,
October 14, 2014
Parking
National âsmart truck parkingâ system in the works, will show real-time parking info
A system that will use road signs, smartphone apps, websites and in-cab messaging to allow drivers to find parking availability in real-time took a step toward nationwide deployment this week, according to the groups producing it.
September 11, 2014
Parking
Petition circulated on âright to carryâ for driver self-defense
A new âright to carryâ petition is being circulated by SBTCâs James Lamb. Itâs collecting signatures in an attempt to demonstrate that thereâs support for easing many interstate driversâ ability to legally travel with firearms.
August 28, 2014
Parking
Leave before you really have to go
âWe were lucky to get the spot we did â it was relatively safe and at least had the benefit of lighting from inside the gates we were parked outside of. It did not, however, include toilet facilities.â
July 30, 2014
Parking
Trucking parking bans instituted in Washington state
Washingtonâs Pierce County just became the stateâs second county this month to bar truck parking on residential streets in unincorporated areas. Truckers told commissioners, however, the ordinance does not consider the difficulty balancing HOS restrictions, insufficient parking and travel time between truck stops.
July 18, 2014
Channel 19
Engagement on parking safety, availability in the wake of driverâs murder
Catch a replay of a discussion spearheaded by Allen and Donna Smith Wed., July 16, with Hope Rivenburg and owner-operator Michael Boeglinâs widow, Ashley Boeglin, and father-in-law, former driver David Clark.
July 17, 2014
Parking
Murdered truckerâs family engages with drivers
David Clark will be among guests on the Truth About Trucking Live online radio program at 6 p.m. EDT Wednesday, July 15.
July 15, 2014
Parking
Trucker found shot in truck in Detroit, rig burned
A truck driver was found in Detroit June 27 shot to death inside his truck, which had been set on fire, according to multiple news reports from local news stations.
July 7, 2014
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