Topics: Trucking

A Look at Shortening Length of Hauls

A Look at Shortening Length of Hauls

The NATSO Foundation identified eight key trends expected to shape the truck stop and travel center industry in 2024. One trend with a big impact on the travel center industry is shorter lengths of haul.  More

Trucking Trends and Their Impact on Truckstops

Trucking Trends and Their Impact on Truckstops

Earlier in the year, Darren Schulte, vice president, membership at NATSO and Amy Toner, executive director of the NATSO Foundation, presented on trucking trends on truckstops at M-PACT. Schulte and Toner brought their trends information to the podcast. More

Travel Center Ideas to Improve Professional Drivers’ Experience at the Pump

Travel Center Ideas to Improve Professional Drivers’ Experience at the Pump

Professional drivers’ experience at fuel pump can turn either them into loyal customers or send them running to the competition. There are several elements truckstop and travel plaza operators should consider when thinking through the driver experience, including how well equipment works, ways to speed the fueling experience and how to use the pumps to boost inside sales. More

Kodiak To Showcase Autonomous Truck at 2023 NATSO Connect in Dallas

Kodiak To Showcase Autonomous Truck at 2023 NATSO Connect in Dallas

NATSO announced today that Kodiak Robotics, a leading self-driving trucking company, will display an autonomous truck at the 2023 NATSO Connect show in Dallas. The event, which will take place March 7-10, will provide truckstop and travel center executives to see one of Kodiak’s autonomous trucks firsthand while learning about its innovative features.  More

What the Fleet of the Future Could Mean for Truckstops and Travel Centers

What the Fleet of the Future Could Mean for Truckstops and Travel Centers Members Only Join or Login

New technologies, advancements in autonomy and advanced fueling options are bringing change to the trucking industry. Stop Watch, NATSO's magazine, examines what it means for the truckstop and travel center industry. More

Truckstop and Travel Center Takeaways on the ACT Expo 2022 From NATSO  [Podcast]

Truckstop and Travel Center Takeaways on the ACT Expo 2022 From NATSO [Podcast]

NATSO staff attended the ACT Expo 2022 this year to gather intel on emerging alternative fuel trends sure to impact the truckstop and travel center industry. More

Fleets of the Future will Include Alternative Fuels, Automation

Fleets of the Future will Include Alternative Fuels, Automation

At NATSO Connect 2022, a panel of speakers shared their insights during a “Fleets of the Future” Keynote address. More

Senate Passes Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Without Rest Area Commercialization Provisions

The U.S. Senate on Aug. 10 voted 69-30 to pass a historic, $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that did not include any provisions which would upend the longstanding federal law prohibiting commercial activity, including electric vehicle (EV) charging, at Interstate rest areas. More

Volvo Embraces the Future with the Latest 18-Wheeler Technology Members Only Join or Login

How and when freight is delivered is changing and so are the vehicles that transport truckloads of goods. Old and new are coming together, and the Class 8 trucks of the future will combine automation, connectivity and electromobility while also becoming more integrated. Susan Alt, senior vice president of public affairs for Volvo Trucks, shared those insights with attendees at NATSO Connect 2019 during her keynote address. More

Trucks Of The Future Will Take Some Decision Making Away From Drivers Members Only Join or Login

Advances in technology are changing everything from how we interact with friends and family to products we buy. Technology is also bringing significant changes to Class 8 trucks, and the trucks of the future are likely to use autonomous technologies, such as adaptive cruise control systems, self-steering technology and vehicle-to-vehicle communication. Those advances will take decisions out of the hands of drivers and leave them to the vehicle and could, potentially, make driverless trucks a thing of the future. More

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