Podcast: Bost optimistic for truck parking bill this year
A congressman is determined that his legislation to expand the nation’s number of truck parking spaces will pass into law this year. Also, trucking news this week was topped by important issues such as overtime pay, truck parking and freight fraud. We’ll bring you some analysis. And Missouri’s Department of Transportation is in the process of drafting its freight plan, which will address truck parking.
10:01 – Bost optimistic for truck parking bill this year
24:27 – Overtime pay, parking, freight fraud top this week’s news
39:25 – Missouri freight plan to address truck parking
Links, email addresses, phone numbers and more information
- Contact your elected officials and stay up to date on current trucking issues at OOIDA’s Fighting For Truckers website.
- Truck drivers can tell Missouri where the state needs to focus its attention when addressing truck parking by taking this quick survey.
- You can visit OOIDA’s tour truck, Spirit of the American Trucker, at the TA in Vero Beach, Fla., March 8-10. Stop in and join OOIDA for $35.
- Click here for more information about the OOIDA Safe Driving Award program. You will need to sign into the website in order to view that page.
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