Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of May 6, 2020: TravelCenters of America begins reopening dine-in restaurants FreightWaves TravelCenters of America (NASDAQ: TA) is slowly reopening dine-in restaurants at its travel plazas where allowed, but some changes forced by the COVID-19 pandemic may never be reversed. Read More With […]
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Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of May 5, 2020: Directories point to truck stops, services during Covid-19 Trucknews.com The search for a simple place to eat and clean up is a challenge for truck drivers at the best of times. The issue has intensified during Covid-19, when some
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Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of May 4, 2020: CVSA creates online resource of COVID-19 emergency declarations Overdrive The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has put together an online resource to help truckers and others in the industry find active emergency declaration information for anywhere in North America. The
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Update From Scopelitis Transportation Consulting FMSCA announced Friday that they are expanding and making permanent their Crash Preventability Determination program. Beginning this week, FMCSA will start accepting preventability determination requests on an expanded set of crash scenarios, including a new “rare or unusual” category. Crashes determined to be not-preventable will be noted on the carrier’s
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Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of May 1, 2020: New Trucking Index Tracks Recovery From COVID-19 Shutdowns, Shows Volumes Bottomed AJOT A new index provides visibility on the state of the trucking market as anticipation of an economic restart grows. The COVID-19 Truck Freight Recovery Index shows a sharp mid-March
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Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of April 30, 2020: FMCSA updates distribution list for protective masks Land Line On Wednesday, April 29, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published an updated list of distribution locations where truckers can receive free protective masks. FMCSA said the distribution list will continue to
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Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of April 29, 2020: FMCSA working toward administering COVID-19 tests to truck drivers Land Line The FMCSA is working on a plan to administer COVID-19 testing to truck drivers, the agency’s acting administrator said at its Medical Review Board meeting on Tuesday, April
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Telematics: Can it help fleets in bad times and good times? “ATRI data shows decline in April trucking operations due to stay-at-home orders” “Tight capacity will drive year-end snapback in trucking markets: TIA economist” How can anyone plan for the future in times like these? From one day to the next, it seems we don’t
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Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of April 28, 2020: Five Michigan rest areas close temporarily; four new truck stops open Overdrive The Michigan Department of Transportation is closing five welcome center facilities for the next two weeks due to maintenance staff layoffs. The closed locations are: Sault Ste.
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Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of April 27, 2020: Volumes stagnant, now 8% below year-ago levels FreightWaves National freight volume movement has nearly come to a halt over the past week. The outbound tender volume index (OTVI) has been flat for more than 10 days within the 8,500-8,700
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