In its first year, the public-private Collaborative successfully funded more than 150 DC fast charging spots with additional access to more than 1,500 publicly available DC fast charging spots for consumers on ChargePoint鈥檚 existing network.
03-30-2021
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on March 17 held a four-hour hearing on business solutions to climate change. The Committee, which invited 黑料社区to testify, effectively kicked off the first of a series of hearings that will undoubtedly lay the groundwork for Congress to draft infrastructure legislation in the coming months. Representing 黑料社区was Pilot Company CEO Shameek Konar.
03-18-2021The Chief Executive of Pilot Company testified today before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that with the right policy framework and incentive structure, fuel retailers provide the best opportunity for advancing alternative fuels, including electricity, into the marketplace.
03-17-2021 Senate Democrats will draw up a new surface transportation bill that contains more aggressive proposals on climate issues and other key Democratic priorities, essentially scrapping the bipartisan bill the committee approved in the last Congress, Tanya Snyder of Politico reports.
01-11-2021 Managing the coronavirus pandemic and vaccine distribution are bound to remain the top priorities for President-elect Biden when he takes his oath of office on January 20. But Biden鈥檚 Administration is also expected to focus heavily on several issues that are of top priority to 黑料社区and the truckstop and travel plaza industry. Here鈥檚 a look at why these issues matters for NATSO鈥檚 members and what we鈥檙e focusing on this year.
01-04-2021In the years ahead, there will be a plethora of alternative fuel funding opportunities for fuel retailers to consider. These opportunities can help minimize the capital expenditures necessary to adapt to different fuel technologies that will be commercialized in the years ahead. Mark Augustine, president of 24-7 Travel Stores by Triplett Inc., embraces alternative fuels.
01-04-2021 The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released its Congressionally mandated 鈥淣ational Strategic Freight Plan鈥� to inform infrastructure planning and support enhanced efficiency of freight movement.
09-08-2020 With current surface transportation law set to expire Sept. 30,
lawmakers in the House and the Senate are eyeing a 12-month extension to the FAST Act.
NATSO, representing the nation鈥檚 truckstops and travel plazas, and Donna鈥檚 Travel Plaza today thanked U.S. Congressman Rick Larsen, (D-Wash.) for visiting its Tulalip, Wash., location to learn about the extensive measures taken by the truckstop and travel plaza industry to safeguard employees and customers amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to learn more about travel center companies’ investments in electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
07-09-2020 The White House said June 29 it would veto the $1.5 trillion infrastructure package known as The Moving Forward Act that the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to take up today, saying that H.R. 2 is biased against rural America, debt-financed and full of wasteful 鈥楪reen New Deal鈥� initiatives.
06-30-2020
