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IRS Releases Additional Guidance on Aviation Fuel

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Key Architecture and Design Considerations for a Travel Center New Build

Key Architecture and Design Considerations for a Travel Center New Build

Truck stops and travel centers feature multiple profit centers and amenities; plus, customers want to get in and out quickly. All these factors make designing new travel centers a very complex endeavor.  Gather these key architecture and design considerations for a travel center new build.  More

NATSO Member Love’s Testifies on Electrification Policy

The House Highways and Transit Subcommittee on April 30 held a three-hour hearing examining electrification policy. Representing NATSO was Kim Okafor, General Manager for Zero Emissions at Love’s Travel Stops and Trillium Energy Solutions.  More

NATSO, SIGMA Member Love’s Travel Stops Urges Congress to Support Private Investment in Alternative Fuels

The right policy framework and incentive structure will advance the market for alternative fuels, including electricity, while lowering carbon emissions for transportation energy, a representative of the truck stop, travel plaza and fuel retailing industry testified today before the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. More

Ten Recruitment and Retention Ideas from the NAG Conference Every Travel Center Needs

Ten Recruitment and Retention Ideas from the NAG Conference Every Travel Center Needs

There were several great sessions at the 2024 NAG Conference in Tampa, Florida, including a knock-out panel on Labor Management: Refining Retention and Development Strategies. More

Seven Great Ideas Shared from Travel Centers at NATSO Connect 2024

Seven Great Ideas Shared from Travel Centers at NATSO Connect 2024

The popular Great Ideas! Workshop returned to NATSO Connect 2024 with truck stop and travel center operators coming together to share ideas and learn from their fellow operators. Attendees shared their solutions for improving operations. More

Planning a Travel Center New Build: Use Design to Increase Energy Efficiency

Planning a Travel Center New Build: Use Design to Increase Energy Efficiency

Businesses that are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, have to keep the lights on around the clock and maintain a comfortable temperature for customers, which means you’re constantly pulling energy from the grid. When embarking on a new build, you can tap into energy-saving solutions that can reduce your energy use and cut costs. More

HAAS Alert and the NATSO Foundation are Offering a Demonstration on Safety Cloud®

HAAS Alert and the NATSO Foundation are Offering a Demonstration on Safety Cloud®

HAAS Alert and the NATSO Foundation are offering a demonstration on Safety Cloud® on Thursday, May 2 at 2:00 p.m. EST. The NATSO Foundation and HAAS Alert have a strategic partnership to significantly enhance the safety of roadside service technicians who support and repair commercial vehicles when they need to be serviced along the Interstate Highway System.  More

FTC Votes to Ban Non-Compete Agreements

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Labor Department Publishes Final Overtime Rule

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TravelCenters of America recently opened a new TA Express Travel Center near Statesboro, Georgia.
The initial grant distribution will prioritize funding for EV charging infrastructure at off-highway and off-Interstate locations.
The Charge Ahead Partnership is a coalition of individuals and businesses united in the idea that the best way to expand the electric vehicle charging network is through a competitive, market-based approach.
NATSO members should contact their state transportation departments promptly to learn about their electric vehicle charging plans and to share our industry's perspective on the plans' development.
It is incumbent upon fuel retailers to urge state DOTs to structure projects in a “make-ready” model that allows utilities to invest in the grid and distribution enhancements necessary to feed charging stations while a competitive, private market governs the consumer-facing charging transaction.