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Make Sure Your Travel Center’s Loyalty Program Meets Professional Drivers’ Needs

Make Sure Your Travel Center’s Loyalty Program Meets Professional Drivers’ Needs

There may be opportunities to improve your loyalty program to make it even more attractive to professional drivers. More

Fuel Retailers Applaud EPA Action Allowing Summer Sales of E15

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EPA Grants Waiver Allowing Nationwide Summertime E15 Sales

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Chairman's Circle Member, Federated Insurance, Hosting Active Shooter/Workplace Safety Webinar

Chairman's Circle Member, Federated Insurance, Hosting Active Shooter/Workplace Safety Webinar

NATSO Chairman's Circle member Federated Insurance is hosting a webinar focused on active shooter/workplace safety. More

House Committee Holds Hearing on Draft Privacy Legislation

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Key Phases for Planning a Truck Stop or Travel Center New Build

Key Phases for Planning a Truck Stop or Travel Center New Build

Investing in a travel center new build or remodel starts long before ground is broken. Gather the key planning phases. More

Ideas to Prevent Unsafe Emergency Roadside Repairs

Ideas to Prevent Unsafe Emergency Roadside Repairs

NATSO Servie's annual professional driver survey gathered ideas on the steps they take to keep drivers safe on the road. More

Five Tips to Tap Into Workamper Travelers to Boost Your Travel Center Staff

Five Tips to Tap Into Workamper Travelers to Boost Your Travel Center Staff

Ericka Schapekahm, director of human resources at Heinz Corp., shares ideas for adding an employee through Workamper—a website dedicated to connecting RVers looking for temporary work with employers needing help. More

Fuel Retailers Urge Federal Highway Administration to Better Harmonize State Application Standards Under the NEVI Grant Program

The retail fuel industry supports the NEVI Program and is actively participating in the program in almost every state. More than half of all EV charging stations under the NEVI grant program are set to be constructed at truck stops, travel centers, and other fuel retailers. Differing state approaches to the NEVI grant application process, however, threaten to create a balkanized market with disparate, unpredictable consumer EV charging experiences between states. More

Stunning Skylight and More at Space Age Travel Center

Stunning Skylight and More at Space Age Travel Center

Space Age Fuel is a family-owned business created in 1982. Planning for the Castle Rock facility started about three years before crews broke ground in mid-2021. The $10 million truck stop is located at I-5’s exit 52. Today, the location includes an 11,000-square-foot building with a travel center and an A&W fast-food restaurant. More

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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.