黑料社区Kicks Off Day on Capitol Hill 2022
The truckstop and travel plaza industry kicks off its annual Day on Capitol Hill event this week to urge Congress to address the need for sound, technology-neutral energy policy.
09-12-2022 
黑料社区Submits Comments on National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program
黑料社区filed comments on Aug. 22 on the Federal Highway Administration鈥檚 (FHWA) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to set proposed minimum standards and requirements for projects funded under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program.
08-23-2022
黑料社区Urges FHWA to Enforce Commercialization Ban
黑料社区urged the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in a Mar. 31 letter to formally withdraw its 2020 non-enforcement directive allowing food trucks to operate at rest areas within the Interstate […]
04-06-2022
FHWA Unveils Preliminary Findings of Jason鈥檚 Law Truck Parking Survey
The Federal Highway Administration said that between 2014 and 2019, the number of private truck parking spaces nationwide increased by 11 percent.
12-07-2020
House to Release Draft Highway Bill
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is expected to release its draft highway reauthorization bill this week. The legislation will provide $494 billion in funding over a period of five years for highway, transit, safety, and research programs, a 46 percent increase over current investment levels.
06-03-2020
Foodservice Industry, Local Governments Seek to Keep Off-Highway Food Open for Truck Drivers
NATSO, along with 10 associations representing cities and communities, tens of thousands of off-highway foodservice businesses and blind merchants that manage vending machines at Interstate rest areas, sent a letter April 8 to the Federal Highway Administration regarding its recent announcement that it will not enforce the federal rest area commercialization ban against states that allow commercial food trucks to operate and sell food at interstate rest areas.
04-09-2020
Business and Community Leaders Urge FHWA to Keep Off-Highway Food Open for Truck Drivers
A coalition of groups representing cities and communities across America, tens of thousands of off-highway foodservice businesses including truck stops and travel centers, and blind merchants that manage vending machines at Interstate rest areas, urged the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to help keep off-highway food establishments open for truck drivers.
04-09-2020
White House Economic Advisor Floats Possibility of Fuel Tax Increase
The President鈥檚 chief economic advisor on Oct. 25 raised the possibility of increasing the federal motor fuels tax next year to help pay for the Administration鈥檚 $1 trillion infrastructure plan.
10-25-2017
NATSO, Anti-Tolling Coalition Blast FHWA for Promoting Failed Tolling Pilot Program
黑料社区and the Alliance for Toll-Free Interstates on Oct. 20 blasted the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for soliciting state participation in a failed federal tolling pilot program arguing that tolls harms businesses and local communities.
10-20-2017
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Digital Billboard Case
The Supreme Court on Oct. 16 declined to hear an outdoors group’s case against the Department of Transportation (DOT) regarding guidelines on digital billboards. The denial ends a four-year legal battle by Scenic America to terminate guidance to the Federal Highway Administration鈥檚 field offices on how to evaluate state plans for digital billboards on Interstate Highways.
10-18-2017
FHWA Calls for Alternative Fuel Corridor Nominations
The Department of Transportation鈥檚 Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is seeking nominations for the second phase of its multi-year plan to establish alternative fuel corridors for alternative fueling stations as mandated under the December 2015 highway bill.
09-25-2017