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14 December 2007

>> Posted: 14 December 2007 by keep on truckin' at 10:43 PM

I like I-80. It's scenic and often fast. But I breathe a sign of relief when I cross the Ohio border and I-80 turns back into a literal "free" way. I'm not a big fan of tolls. I figure I'm already supporting the highways every time I top off the tank. Dropping coins in a toll basket makes me feel like I'm getting skinned -- twice!

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28 September 2007

I-40 Congestion Spurs Tennessee DOT Study

>> Posted: 28 September 2007 by keep on truckin' at 3:47 PM

I spent some hard time driving I-40 this week so it was with interest that I read Tennessee DOT officials are looking into the growing congestion on the 550-mile section of I-40 that crosses their state. Already perennially clogged for miles around Nashville, I-40 road rage level congestion could spread from Dickson to Mt. Juliet within four years. (Based on my own experience, I think they should rope it off, declare it a parking lot and call it a day!)

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21 September 2007

DOT Selects Six National "Corridors of the Future"

>> Posted: 21 September 2007 by keep on truckin' at 12:00 AM

Dedicated truck-only express lanes are one of the possibilities being explored by the Missouri Department of Transportation to relieve congestion on I-70 between St. Louis and Kansas City. This traffic-laden section of I-70 is one of six Corridors of the Future targeted by the US Department of Transportation for study and improved configuration. Heavily traveled sections of five other interstate routes were also selected for the program. The six selected corridors carry 22.7% of the nation's daily interstate travel.

The federal program funds and promotes the development of national and regional approaches to reducing congestion and improving the efficiency of freight delivery. Currently funding studies through state DOTs, the Corridors of the Future program is expected to eventually fund and spearhead reconstruction and reconfiguration of the specified multi-state corridors, including:

$21.8 million for I-95 from Florida to the Canadian border
$5 million for I-70 in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio
$15 million for I-15 in Arizona, Utah, Nevada and California
$15 million for I-5 in California, Oregon and Washington
$8.6 million for I-10 from California to Florida
$800,000 for I-69 from Texas to Michigan

USDOT received 38 applications for the program from which the final six corridors were selected for study. MODOT has been granted $2 million to study methods for relieving congestion on I-70 from St. Louis to Kansas City. Funding for reconstructing and reconfiguring the 250-mile stretch is estimated at $3.5 billion. Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio DOTs collaborated on a combined I-70 Corridors of the Future application. “One of the ideas that shook out of that effort was the concept of dedicated truck lanes that would benefit both the freight industry as well as the safety and congestion issues that exist on I-70,” said MODOT spokesman Bob Brendel.

"What we are doing represents a real break from past approaches that have failed to address growing congestion along our busiest corridors," said DOT Secretary Thomas Barrett in announcing the Corridors of the Future grant recipients. "We are using a comprehensive approach to fighting congestion along these major interstate routes."

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31 May 2007

Traveling on Routes 10 or 70? Use Our Handy Route Planner

>> Posted: 31 May 2007 by keep on truckin' at 11:24 PM

Are you familiar with our Trucker to Trucker Route Planner? Hours of work by our hard-driving staff have produced a stop-by-stop guide to two major truck routes across the U.S. -- Route 10 and Route 70. You can access our Route Planner from our home page or just click the link.

Our Route Planner is easy to use. Select the route you'll be traveling and chose your start and end points from the handy dropdown lists. In seconds we'll give you a list of all stops, the distance from your starting point to each stop and the exit name or number. We tell you which travel centers are located at each stop and provide you with a phone number, website link, info on whether it's WiFi or not, and an easy to read detailed map. With the click of a button you can even review the entire route from start to finish, including all stops.

Next time you plan to barrel down Route 10 or 70, check out our Route Planner first. We've tried to make the information we provide accurate and complete, but we know things change. If you have comments or suggestions, please send them along so we can share them with our fellow truckers.

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