Third truck stop chain says customers must wear masks
Yet another major truck stop chain has announced it will require customers and others to wear mace masks when entering their stores. The TravelCenters of America Friday, July 24, confirmed it is adopting a recommendation from NATSO, the truck stop trad…
Overdrive’s GATS Week has packed online schedule
Includes hours of service discussion
NATSO Encourages Travel Plazas, Truckstops to Require Masks
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.
Canada Offers ArriveCan App for Digital Contact Tracing
Cross-border truck drivers can now transmit required personal contact information to Canadian Customs and Health officials securely through the ArriveCan app.
MIT: Widespread Autonomous Driving at Least a Decade Away
MIT research contends that the impact on truck-driving jobs is not expected to be widespread in the short term: “Truck drivers do more than just drive.”
Overdrive’s GATS Week includes hours of service Q&A, Pride & Polish, Trucker Talent finale, business updates
Overdrive will produce online versions of certain programs that were planned for the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas before it was canceled due to coronavirus concerns.
Another large truck stop chain to require masks, NATSO urges others to follow
Another large truck stop chain will begin requiring customers to wear masks next week, while truck stop association NATSO is encouraging all of its members to do the same. Love’s opened two new locations in Illinois and Utah. Drivewyze’s bypass service…
How truck driver training continues through COVID-19
Despite the mayhem wrought by the COVID-19 coronavirus, the American trucking industry has needed more new drivers. Despite furloughs and even some carrier closings, the industry has sought to put new drivers in trucks now that freight is moving and ra…
Fighting Racism, Promoting Inclusion Starts with Listening [Commentary]
As a country and as an industry, we can debate the best ways to address racism. But before we can do that, we must acknowledge and understand that it exists.
Sons build on father’s diverse legacy in growing owner-operator fleet
Truck Transport’s Jay and Joel TeBrake and their mostly leased owner-operators work with 200 to 400 customers in any given year, most acquired through word of mouth. Stability, consistency are hallmarks, among others, of their success, following in fat…