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Virginia gem: Smitty’s Better Burger

The Hampton Roads area of Virginia is a hotbed of historical activity. From pilgrims to Redbeard, the Tidewater area has been host to some of the most important history in the United States. It only...

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Toll talk re-emerging in advance of highway bill

Will we soon be able add another state to the list of those who would have tried, but ultimately failed, to toll an existing interstate? Then Pennsylvania Congresman John Peterson, flanked by...

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Don’t mess with Texas: Focusing on the truck and not the trucker to roll back...

Overdrive’s ongoing series of reports examining individual state truck enforcement departments has to date included reports on Maryland, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Texas. For news and data related...

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Two regional shows to keep an eye open for in VA, NY

“With horsepower, you don’t have to spend a lot of money to get it, and you can do it yourself. If you’re an owner-operator or a small fleet owner, with the economy the way it is, you’ve got to be...

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Overnight lane closures: Upcoming in Michigan and Virginia; Nashville I-40...

I-64 Widening Project Overnight Lane Closure Schedule for week of 9/20-9/24: http://t.co/ofaZ4h0d4Q #hrva — VDOT Hampton Roads (@VaDOTHR) September 18, 2015 The Virginia Department of Transportation’s...

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Top 10 most intense states for maintenance, brake violations

Even with the well-reported priority drift toward an emphasis on traffic enforcement in the truck enforcement community writ large, violations of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations as...

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Christmas trees roll out of the Pacific Northwest: Thanksgiving-eve van...

Load volume is the story of the last week in van freight, and as a general rule it was a positive one. Load availability anticipated the holiday weekend with an increase or 13 percent on the spot...

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These latest numbers show the Thanksgiving effect on the flatbed spot market

Flatbed load availability declined 24 percent last week on the spot market as DAT load board activity paused to a certain extent for Thanksgiving. The load-to-truck ratio rose 11 percent accordingly...

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Virginia legislature floats two bills to limit trucks in left lane

The Virginia General Assembly has proposed two amendments to state law that would prohibit trucks from driving in the left-most lane in certain areas. The first such amendment, HB178, was proposed by...

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Truck ‘N Park demonstration hits the ground running

The  image above shows the interactive map tool available since late last year at the website of the I-95 Corridor Coalition-led parking availability information demonstration project, Truck ‘N Park....

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Parking ‘capacity is the issue’: What one state that tried to address it with...

There's a reason all we tend to hear about around the parking issue is related to ways to deliver information about space availability. Capacity may be the bedrock issue, but can you spell N(ot) - I(n)...

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I-95 fully reopened throughout North Carolina

The North Carolina Department of Transportation has announced I-95 is completely open in both directions throughout the state.

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Parking capacity issue, redux: Va. DOT shelves truck rest area plans

The parking capacity issue and one state's attempt to put a dent in it runs into a wall of local opposition -- such that Va. DOT has moved publicly to suspend the project and explore alternatives,

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Winter weather jams up major highways in southeast

A swath of winter weather across the Southeast ranging from north Texas through Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas and into Virginia could begin to take a toll on highway...

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McCormick Trucking owner-operator’s dream hauler: This classic 1990 Kenworth...

Dave McCormick fell in love with this KW when it was purchased new more than 20 years ago by original owner-operator, from his Roanoke, Va.-area home base. He was finally able to purchase it in January...

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East Coast states loosen hours rules, restrict truck access ahead of major...

Governors in six states have issued hours of service waivers for fuel haulers and truckers carrying emergency supplies to affected areas. Some states have placed restrictions on truck travel due to...

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Hours, size and weight regs suspended in three states ahead of powerful...

The storm, currently a Category 4, is forecast to make landfall on the East Coast Thursday. The track of the storm is still uncertain, but South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia are taking...

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Virginia infrastructure plan could include tolls on I-81

The draft plan includes tolling both passenger cars and commercial trucks in “time of day” tolling that would charge higher rates at peak travel times and lower rates overnight. The study calls for...

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Virginia governor announces plan to toll I-81

The I-81 Corridor Improvement Plan submitted to the General Assembly in December by the Commonwealth Transportation Board noted that tolls on heavy commercial vehicles would not exceed 17 cents-per-mile.

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Virginia’s I-81 toll legislation introduced, trucking groups threaten litigation

Identical bills were introduced in the Virginia House and Senate that would establish tolls on I-81. Truckers would pay a maximum of $55.25 to cross the state in one direction, while car drivers would...

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