Tag: parking: Page 19

National Coalition on Truck Parking formed, results of Jason’s Law parking study released

DOT reps and stakeholder groups have signed a pledge of commitment to a newly created National Coalition on Truck Parking.

August 21, 2015

Survey results noted that 37 U.S. states confirmed a shortage of available parking within their borders. Problems are widespread, “observed in regions with high populations and population densities, along major freight corridors carrying inter-regional commerce, and in locations associated with ports and manufacturing centers,” the Jason’s Law Truck Parking Survey’s results note. Find a link to it below.

They weren’t mad at all

Video and report: Wendy visits her town council on the parking ban in place.

August 19, 2015

duct tape no duct tape parking reply edit

Parking in a perfect world

“Sometimes, being able to come home to sleep every other night isn’t as neat as it sounds. Sometimes, you spend the 15 hours listening to whiny people cry about how awful your truck is…”

August 10, 2015

Here she is all shined up in the lights.

Duct-taping the love

“Sometimes, trucking is hard.” — Wendy (almost) goes ballistic after finding an angry note duct-taped to the Parkers’ Freightliner’s custom paint after a long period of home-time parking…

June 10, 2015

duct taped parking note edit

Trucker Path crowd-sourcing parking info

The Trucker Path multifunction smartphone app introduced a new feature for the app, which enables truckers to provide and access parking availability information for locations across the country.

April 30, 2015

You can download Android and iOS versions of Trucker Path via this link.

Notes on Miami

“Last week I learned that I don’t care much for Miami.” Diamond in the rough: the Mobil station on state road 997 in Krome has one of the best cheese-steaks around. …

April 17, 2015

Best cheese steak sandwich in Florida, and possibly the world — Krome, Florida.

Truckers’ parking perspectives: ATRI seeks driver input on parking, reservation systems

The American Transportation Research Institute is seeking input from truck operators on their perceptions of trucking parking availability and the viability of truck parking reservation systems.

April 1, 2015

truck stop square

Florida bike week, anyone?

Headed past Daytona through the 15th? Brief word to the wise: As thousands of motorcyclsts converge on the aarea March 6-15, Love’s in Ormond Beach off I-95 at exit 273 will be fuel-and-go-only.

March 5, 2015

Chris Harkins Western Star Small

Actual news? Or a desperate grab for attention …

“I used to get mad and fire back, but there’s not enough time in the day anymore. We will always have to deal with haters — it’s best to just pat them on the head, maybe throw them a little attention bone,” and get on with it.

February 22, 2015

well isnt that special

The big-truck ballet

Wendy watching the world go by: “When you sit back, turn the CB off, and just watch the trucks rolling in and out, it’s a lot like a big-truck ballet. You can pick the Prima Ballerinas out immediately….”

February 20, 2015

Arkansas matters, and so do the truckers

Latest media foul well apparent from this headline: “Truckers Use Walmart Parking Lot as a Truck Stop; Customers Feel Unsafe” — actually, just one customer. . .

February 18, 2015

No truck parking

Barriers to the next generation of drivers detailed in ATRI’s demographics study

It will be difficult, noted ATRI President Rebecca Brewster, to keep drivers in trucking if “the drivers are forced … to drive during periods of increased risk” due to the nature of the hours of service regulations.

February 14, 2015

Brewster referenced this comparison table, showing drivers’ and carrier reps’ top issues, named in the fall of 2014 in ATRI’s top trucking issues survey, to illustrate some of the similarities between the concerns of the two populations. “What can we,” she asked, “as an industry do to turn this large ship in a different direction?”

Page 19 of 25