Last week the Governor of Utah put out an executive order stating that all people entering Utah must fill out a travel declaration form. Travelers will receive a text message containing a link to the form via the wireless emergency alert system. The form asks who you are, where you…
Six Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles will be open by appointment only for truck drivers looking to get a license, permit, or endorsements. They will be processing new Commercial Learner’s Permits, new CDLs, and offering tank or hazmat endorsements. Appointments will be available Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to…
Utah’s Governor Gary R. Herbert has issued an executive order requiring anyone who is entering Utah, including truckers, to fill out an electronic COVID-19 form. When you enter the state you will receive a text message by way of the wireless emergency alert system requesting that you fill out a…
Love’s Travel Stops has donated $100,000 to the St. Christopher Truckers Development and Relief Fund. This fund helps truckers who have fallen on hard times due to illness or injury and right now truckers are at greater risk of getting sick due to the pandemic going on out there. Truckers…
With state driver licensing agencies closed or running on a limited basis around the country, the Commercial Vehicle Training Association is concerned about a lack of new drivers to help with the nations’s response and recovery to COVID-19. In order to get the attention of the people in Washington, the…
I just one week, the amount of trucks crossing the border between the U.S. and Canada has dropped 10%. It is a clear sign as to how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the transportation industry for both countries. When compared to last year, truck crossings at this time have dropped…
New York Senator Chuck Schumer is asking for a “Hero’s Fund” to pay those front-line workers who are putting themselves at risk to help the rest of us stay safe and make sure we have our foods and essentials. Front-line workers include truck drivers, healthcare workers, grocery store clerks and…
To clarify news reports where it sounded like New Hampshire was closing its rest stops, Eileen Meany, a spokeswoman for the state’s Department of Transportation, has stated that this is not true. She stated that the rest stops are open and facilities are usable. New Hampshire is making sure the…
The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration has issued a notice to the States Department of Transporation permitting the placement of commercial food trucks at federally funded Interstate Highway rest stops. Normally, commercial activity in federally funded right-of-way areas is prohibited, but the FHWA administrator saw a need for…
To go along with the rest of Arizona’s open rest stops, the Arizona Department of Transportation has decided to reopen two rest stops exclusively for commercial vehicles. The Parks Rest Area along Interstate 40 west of Flagstaff (milepost 182) and the Christensen Rest Area on Interstate 17 south of Flagstaff…