Pilot Flying J is joining other truck stops and requiring customers and employees to wear a mask at all locations starting tomorrow, July 28, 2020. They want to help prevent the further spread of COVID-19 and make sure everyone stays safe and healthy. The trucking industry has been essential to…
Tesla’s owner Elon Musk has confirmed that his new plant in Texas is going to be where he’s building the new electric Tesla Semi. The Tesla Semi was announced in 2017 with a build date of 2019, but the current pandemic has pushed it back to 2021. Recently the Tesla…
There are a couple of indices out there from June showing that the trucking market is on the rise. ACT Research’s For-Hire Trucking Index went from 50.2 in May to 70.4 in June. April’s number showed a steep low with 19.3. The American Trucking Associations’ seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage…
The Women in Trucking Association’s Accelerate! Conference & Expo is going virtual this year due to the pandemic. This is WIT’s sixth annual conference and will take place on November 12-13, 2020. It was originally scheduled as an in-person event on September 23-25 in Dallas, but as the COVID-19 cases…
According to data from the Alabama Department of Labor’s Labor Market Information Division, truck drivers are currently one of the most sought after employees. Along with truckers, RNs and retail salespersons are at the top of that list. 6,050 online ads were placed for these jobs, and total ads were…
KYTC District 1 has announced an extended closure for the ‘Cairo’ bridge starting sometime during the week of August 3-9 and lasting approximately 30 days. This heavily traveled bridge brings traffic from U.S. 51, U.S. 60, and U.S. 62 back and forth from Wickliffe, Kentucky, and Cairo, Illinois. Of all…
The Colorado Department of Transportation has announced the completion of a truck parking project at two rest areas along US Highway 160. The Sleeping Ute Rest Area in Montezuma County and the Shaw Creek Rest Area in Rio Grande County now have more and improved parking spaces for commercial trucks…
According to American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, truck tonnage increased 8.7% in June. As more states lift restrictions, truck usage and tonnage were bound to increase. When compared to June 2019, the numbers were down 1.3%, but given the health crisis, it wasn’t that small…
Love’s Travel Stops has announced that beginning July 29, every location will be requiring its customers to wear face coverings. This includes all Love’s Travel Stops, Loves’s Country Stores, Love’s Truck Cares, and Speedco locations around the country. This is being done because they want to protect their customers, employees,…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s 2020 Trucking Safety Summit will be held virtually on August 5, 2020. They will be using the online platform GoToWebinar and held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT. The goal of this summit is to discuss further ways of improving trucking safety across…