The Wyoming Department of Transportation will be closing 10 rest areas around the state in order to reduce the agency’s costs. The closures will go into effect June 15 and the communities involved have been notified. Each one that is closing is within a reasonable distance of another facility open…
Starting Monday, June 8th, the Miami truck route running from Main Street to 5th Avenue will be shut down for a few weeks. The construction will include repairing the sanitary sewer slip lines and has been in the planning stages for a couple of months now. Detour signs will be…
The American Transportation Research Institute has put a call out for motor carriers to participate in their Operational Costs of Trucking report. This is ATRI’s 12th year of putting out this report and is one of their most requested. ATRI is asking for fleet metrics including driver pay, insurance premiums,…
Back in 1992, Reginald Denny was pulled from his truck and nearly beaten to death during the Los Angeles riots. Today, there are riots happening in many cities all over the country, and truckers don’t want this incident to happen again. Today, truckers have access to current information that allows…
Registration has been opened for the 2020 American Trucking Associations Management Conference & Exhibition. With the theme of “Moving Forward from Crisis to Recovery,” this year’s exhibition will be at Denver’s Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center on October 24-27. They have also announced some of the guest speakers: former…
If the St. Christopher’s Trucker Development and Relief Fund stays on its current track for donations, it will reach $1 million sooner than later. This charity helps pay living expenses when truckers have to be off the road due to illness. COVID-19 has cemented the place of a truck driver…
Mack Trucks and the American Trucking Associations are teaming up with the American Logistics Aid Network to deliver vital supplies to nonprofit organizations around the country. Food and personal care items will be delivered to organizations including Feed the Children and Joshua’s Heart Foundation, who will then distributed the supplies…
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority has approved a toll hike of 36% on the turnpike and 27% on the Garden State Parkway. These increases are to pay for $24 billion in infrastructure projects including the widening of lanes for both highways. For big rigs, the tolls will increase from $9…
The protests currently going on in Minneapolis, Minnesota have turned violent. Governor Tim Walz is calling the situation “extremely dangerous” and has advised people to avoid any areas where protests and rioting are going on. Truck drivers should avoid these areas if at all possible, and if that’s not an…
The SH 130 Concession Company is offering truck drivers a discount of half off their overnight tolls throughout June when they travel on the southern 41 miles of State Highway 130. The discount goes into effect between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. thanks to the SH 130 Freight Rebate Recovery…