Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores has opened two more stores, one in Summerton, South Carolina, and one in Laredo, Texas. The Summerton store is off Interstate 95 and offers 103 truck parking spaces, 9 diesel bays, 7 showers, and a CAT scale. The Laredo store is off Highway 1472…
The Vance-Granville Community College in Henderson, North Carolina, has started up its commercial driver’s license driver training program after being closed for COVID-19. The North Carolina College System is allowing schools to teach students who are pursuing transportation careers, with a few modifications made to classes. As part of the…
With orders in place for people to stay at home, it’s a no-brainer that there will be less traffic out there on the roads. The New York State Thruway Authority has loads of data from constantly recording the tolls at exit plazas around the state. According to the numbers they…
Tennessee trucking company Big G Express is having its annual motorcycle ride fundraiser on May 30 in Mt. Juliet, TN from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The Big G Express Motorcycle Ride is a fundraiser benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Click the link below for the event’s Facebook page…
The Utah Department of Transportation is currently working on a new truck escape ramp just outside of Garden City. On U.S. 89, just before entering the city on the last hill, quite a few trucks have crashed so the UDOT decided to build a $5 million ramp system. A catch…
The Venetian in Las Vegas is planning on opening its doors again on June 1st, and they want to honor hard-working essential workers with a free one night stay. This is their way of honoring those who kept working to make sure the rest of us were safe and healthy…
According to the American Trucking Associations, the For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index dropped 12.2%. In March, there was a small increase of 0.4% so this was quite the decline. This historic drop is no doubt a result of the COVID-19 pandemic affecting everyone in the country, especially those in the trucking…
Harold “James” Roller has been a truck driver for 25 years and has recently been recognized for his incredible safety record. This Cambridge, Ohio resident is a driver for U.S. Xpress and has driven over 2 million safe miles. Safe drivers were to be recognized during an awards ceremony put…
Advanced Training Systems is doing its part to get new truckers out on the road to fill the gap. The supply chain has been ambushed by COVID-19, and a lack of new truck drivers is making it difficult for companies to fill their empty trucks. So, to the entire commercial…
There is a shift going on out there in the trucking industry that is affecting the way truck drivers are getting hired. With the closure of driving schools and agencies where you can get a driver’s license, trucking companies are focusing more on experienced drivers. Recent data has shown that…