SPECIAL FEATURE: - The Good Old Days
Trucker Jim Dobbas of California looks back on 60 years in the business as he works to preserve its history. Click here to read more.
Trucking history: It’s a family affair – Mark Reddig reported on second- and third-generation truckers who are preserving their families’ – and the industry’s – history as part of the American Truck Historical Society. The group held its annual national convention and antique truck show recently at the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson, KS. To read a print version of Mark’s story, click here. Air date: June 2, 2008
SPECIAL FEATURE: Paying for Highways in PA
Part 5: How do we fix Pennsylvania?
In the finale to our special investigative series, lawmakers, industry experts and others debate the right way to get the state’s highways fixed.
Air date: May 23, 2008.
SPECIAL FEATURE: Run for the Wall – A group of motorcycle enthusiasts who are riding from California to the Memorial Wall in Washington, DC, passed by OOIDA headquarters Monday, May 19. To view a video or still photographs of the bikers passing by, and OOIDA staff cheering them on, please click here.
SPECIAL FEATURE: Paying for Highways in PA
Part 5: How do we fix Pennsylvania?
In the finale to our special investigative series, lawmakers, industry experts and others debate the right way to get the state’s highways fixed.
- To read a transcript of Friday’s segment, click here.
- To read a transcript of Part 4 of the series, click here.
- To read a transcript of Part 3 of the series, click here.
- To read a transcript of Part 2 of the series, click here.
- To read a transcript of Part 1 of the series, click here.
Air date: May 23, 2008.
OPINION: It’s Time for Congress to Act on Fuel Surcharge legislation
On today’s show, Land Line Now host Mark Reddig said that OOIDA is encouraging all truckers to call or write their members of Congress and ask for a bill that would include: 1) Mandatory pass through of fuel surcharges; and 2) Mandatory disclosure of all fuel surcharges by brokers, carriers and anyone else involved in trucking. To read a transcript of Mark’s comments, click here.
A LITTLE HUMOR: A Story From The Onion
Truckers could use a bit of fun right now. You may or may not be familiar with The Onion, an online “joke newspaper” filled with fake news that reads like it’s the real thing. Recently, The Onion wrote a story about U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters calling for special interstate highway lanes. However, the lanes in this story are not for trucks; they’re special toll lanes for a … different kind of driver. To read the story, and get a little laugh, click here.
SPECIAL FEATURE: Truckers for Troops coverage
The Kansas City Star featured an article in its Blue Springs, MO, edition Tuesday, March 11, on OOIDA's Truckers for Troops Telethon and care packages efforts. To read The Star's coverage, click here.
SPECIAL FEATURE: Reed Black Classic
Before he joined the Land Line Now team, Reed Black was a reporter for KCTV Channel 5, Kansas City, MO. We recently were sent a link to some of the video from Reed's days on the TV, a fun little piece about highway construction - a topic every trucker can relate to. To view the video on You Tube, click here.
TRUCKERS FOR TROOPS update
Jan. 21, 2008 - KMBC-TV, Channel 9 in Kansas City, MO, recently reported on the assembly of care packages paid for by funds from the Truckers for Troops Telethon. To view the report by KMBC reporter Jere Gish, click here.
SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE SERIES: Paying for highways in PA
Dec. 17th-21st - Officials in the Keystone State have spent a good part of the past few years complaining that the state has no money left to fix highways or pay for transit. So “Land Line Now” asked the question: Where is federal Highway Trust Fund money spent in Pennsylvania now? To read the 5 part series, click here.
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