COVID isn’t stopping these truckers from spreading some Christmas cheer this holiday season. The 32nd annual Truckers Christmas Parade will be held in Eureka, California on December 12. Starting at 6 p.m., the parade will start at Redwood Acres on Harris Street and travel 6 miles, make a loop, and…
If you are a Wyoming high school graduate and want to get into the transportation industry, the Wyoming Trucking Association is now taking applicants for their WTA Scholarship Program. To qualify, you must be a Wyoming high school graduate, plan to pursue a career in the transportation industry (this includes…
Love’s Travel Stops has just opened its 24th Illinois location in Tuscola. This location is open 24/7 and offers many amenities for truck drivers including 85 truck parking spaces, 8 diesel bays, 7 showers, laundry facilities, a CAT scale, a dog park, and much more. With every opening of a…
The 2020 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree is on its way and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is along for the journey. The tree was harvested in Colorado’s Uncompahgre National Forest and will be transported almost 2,000 miles with many stops along the way. The FMCSA…
Truck drivers are making their voices heard when it comes to a lawsuit challenging changes to the hours-of-service rules. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has sent in over 8,000 comments from truckers who are looking for more flexibility within their usable hours when out on the road. The International…
A 38-vehicle fleet of Freightliner eCascadias and eM2s have collectively driven over 500,000 miles out there in the real world. This fleet consists of heavy- and medium-duty battery-powered trucks and are providing real-time information for lowering emissions. NFI and Penske Truck Leasing are the major operators with 30 of the…
#StopTheTires is blowing up social media platforms today because the truckers that run our country are protesting the incoming Biden administration to the White House. Today, Veteran’s Day is a sort of warning and the strike starts. Then, from November 26 through November 29, truckers around the country will be…
There’s a truck driver shortage out there and a group of colleges in Indiana will be doing their part to put an end to it. Conexus Indiana and Ivy Tech Community College are launching a new program to pump out new truck drivers across five campuses starting January 2021 with…
New York’s Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced a plan to further prevent trucks from hitting low bridges throughout the state. There will be a collaboration between the New York State Police, the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee, and the New York Department of Transportation. In an average year, 220 of…
Winter roads are here in some parts of the country, and nobody (especially truckers) look forward to those. Yet, there are beautiful roads to travel all across America. Traveling west from Montana to Idaho allows for some pretty majestic views. You get snowy mountain peaks, national forests, and a sky…