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Truck Stops

Love’s plans to continue recent growth in 2019

The company plans to open more than 40 new locations this year with over 3,000 truck parking spaces and more Love’s Truck Tire Care and Speedco locations.

January 17, 2019

Truck Stops

Pilot Flying J reopens Missouri location lost to fire

The location offers drivers 179 truck parking spaces, 12 diesel lanes, 10 showers, public laundry facilities and a PJ Fresh for fresh food offerings.

January 14, 2019

Truck Stops

Love’s opens new store in western Michigan

The new truck stop boasts 70 truck parking spaces, six diesel lanes, seven showers, laundry facilities, a Hardee’s restaurant, a Love’s Truck Tire Care and more.

January 10, 2019

Truck Stops

California city council votes to OK planning board’s approval for new truck stop

Both interests in support of the stop and those against showed up at Jurupa Valley, Calif., city hall Thursday evening for a council meeting that extended into the wee hours Friday. The result, if all goes according to plan, will be near 200 parking spaces, among other amenities, at State Route 60 and Riverside Drive there.

December 21, 2018

Channel 19

Custom mapping app Trucker Notes designed by an independent to save parking information

Debbie Desiderato is the owner-op behind the free app, launched within the last few months. She came to it with hopes of creating a way for herself and other truckers to save their notes about locations visited along their routes, chiefly nontraditional parking places but also plenty more, as she’s found utilizing the app.

December 12, 2018

Parking

National truck-parking coalition releases working-group resource materials

Regardless of just where parking needs are greatest, in the wake of Jason’s Law and ongoing organization around the nation to address them, “today’s shortage of truck parking capacity is a national safety concern” — new resources from coalition working groups offer tools to current and would-be advocates, governments, planners and more.

December 11, 2018

Truck Stops

Love’s opens new Indiana, Virginia locations

Love’s Travel Stops opened new locations in Elkhart, Indiana, off of U.S. Highway 20, and in Low Moor, Virginia, off of I-64.

December 7, 2018

Parking

Pennsylvania seeks feedback on truck parking

Through PennDOT’s Public-Private Partnership (P3) Office, the agency is looking for feedback to potentially help develop future statewide or regional projects addressing commercial truck parking in the state.

December 3, 2018

Truck Stops

Love’s opens new store in Illinois

The new facility, at exit 206, adds 67 truck parking spaces to the area. In addition to parking, the new location offers a Speedco, a Hardee’s restaurant, seven diesel lanes, seven showers, laundry facilities and more.

November 30, 2018

Parking

DOT launches second Jason’s Law truck parking survey

The new version of the survey is meant to update the inventory of truck parking and identify improvements to truck parking availability since the first survey; evaluate truck travel by state to evaluate increases in truck parking demand; evaluate technologies being used to monitor availability and demand; and more.

November 27, 2018

Parking

TxDOT moves on truck-parking survey, workshop series throughout the state

Texas Department of Transportation reps have moved on efforts to assess a way forward on potentially taking steps to improve parking infrastructure for truckers hauling to, through and from the state. TxDOT wants input now from carriers and drivers on parking issues in the state.

November 20, 2018

Channel 19

Better ‘pay would solve most’ critical issues: Readers’ priorities show variation from, similarity to recent rankings

While “the economy” does figure as a critical issue year-in year-out in the annual ATRI “critical issues” rankings, issues of adequate driver compensation — and rates for independent truckers — don’t command the same direct attention. All the same, as one reader noted, better “pay would solve most” problems.

November 16, 2018