The Trucker News Staff
California agency releases long-range plan for sustainable transportation system
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — By the year 2050, moving around California will be safer, cleaner and simpler, with more mobility options, according to Caltrans, the...
Love’s Travel Stops opens new location off I-86 in Bath, New York
OKLAHOMA CITY — Love’s Travel Stops is now serving customers in Bath, New York, thanks to a truck stop that opened Thursday, March 4....
Trucking groups ask CDC to designate truck stops as COVID-19 vaccine sites
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A group of organizations representing the trucking industry have asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to use truck...
Schneider marks 30 years of intermodal transport; touts service as sustainable shipping model
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Schneider is celebrating a milestone this year with the 30th anniversary of the company’s intermodal service. In 1991, in an...
DAT: Spot truckload posts jump 24% week ending Feb. 28
BEAVERTON, Ore. — Amid record freight volumes for the time of year, national average spot truckload van and refrigerated rates swung back up to...
Charges pending against driver, passenger who crashed into semi during police chase
LAKE COUNTY, Ind. — The driver and passenger of a passenger vehicle that crashed into a tractor-trailer while attempting to flee Indiana State Police...
PrePass expands Missouri weigh station bypass network to include 19 locations
PHOENIX — PrePass has more than a dozen new weigh-station locations in Missouri to its mobile bypass app, bringing the total number of Missouri Department...
Averitt associates totaled 5,000 hours of community service in 2020
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — Averitt Express associates combined gave more than 5,000 hours of community service as part of the company’s Team Up Community Challenge in...
CAT Scale Rig of the Week — Dan Baker
For a western-themed Kenworth W900 Icon, what could be a better name than “The Duke” as a tribute to the greatest western icon, John...
Senators reintroduce bill to promote women in trucking
WASHINGTON — The Promoting Women in Trucking Workforce Act was reintroduced in Congress in late February by members of the Senate Committee on Commerce,...
Love’s to limit trucker services at Ormond Beach, Florida, location during Bike Week
ORMOND BEACH, Fla. — In expectation of unusually heavy traffic as motorcyclists converge on the Ormond Beach/Daytona Beach area during Florida’s Bike Week, the...
Vanguard Truck Centers opens new Volvo Trucks dealership in Houston
HOUSTON — Volvo Trucks North America dealer Vanguard Truck Centers has invested $23 million in a new facility — one of four locations in...
The Trucker Newspaper – Digital Edition March 1, 2021
The Trucker Newspaper - Digital Edition March 1, 2021: Designed to increase safety; ELDs provide data, plus some unintended consequences for trucking industry
‘Some sort of road usage levy necessary,’ says USDOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg
WASHINGTON — Restoring the solvency of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) must occur in a way that is “sustainable, predictable, defensible, and affordable” with...
The Trucker Jobs Magazine – March 2021 Digital Edition
The Trucker Jobs Magazine - March 2021 Digital Edition: The Right Dog for the Road: South Carolina driver puts love, training into his passenger-seat pups. | Job Resources | Along For The Ride | Owning the Wheel
Fleet Advantage donation of $15,000 will help people with special needs, developmental disabilities
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Kids Around the Corner, a charitable foundation created by Fleet Advantage to support communities, in February donated $15,000 to Arc...
Kenworth’s battery-electric T680E eligible for $120,000 voucher incentive in California
KIRKLAND, Wash. — The new Kenworth T680E battery-electric vehicle is now available — and it qualifies for a $120,000 voucher incentive available to qualifying...
Gaston College training program helps make truck driving a family tradition
DALLAS, N.C. — The Truck Driver Training program at North Carolina’s Gaston College has helped put four members of one local family on the road...
Peach State Truck Center adds Western Star lineup to Birmingham Freightliner dealership
ATLANTA — Atlanta-based Peach State Truck Centers has acquired the Western Star franchise from Long-Lewis in Birmingham, Alabama. The Western Star brand will be...
Penske Logistics announces 2020 ‘wall of fame’ inductees
READING, Pa. — Penske Logistics this month announced the carrier’s Class of 2020 Driver Wall of Fame inductees, as well as members of the...