Rest stops nationwide appear to be mostly up and running after PA decision

Mar 20, 2020 at 08:15 AM CST
With Pennsylvania having at least partially backed off its plan to close all rest stops, the question is just what other services may be lacking for drivers on the road. It does appear that Pennsylvania’s decision to close the rest stops, retracted in part two days later, is an outlier. There are no other reports of states where state-operated rest stops have been closed, according to several agencies following such developments. Norita Taylor, a spokeswoman for the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA), told FreightWaves in an email that her organization is chasing down other reports of closures. “We are trying to verify all of that as best we can,” she said. “In some cases, it’s a matter of construction and maybe a rumor gets started because one is closed in a particular state.”

Mar 20, 2020 at 08:15 AM CST

With Pennsylvania having at least partially backed off its plan to close all rest stops, the question is just what other services may be lacking for drivers on the road. It does appear that Pennsylvania’s decision to close the rest stops, retracted in part two days later, is an outlier. There are no other reports of states where state-operated rest stops have been closed, according to several agencies following such developments. Norita Taylor, a spokeswoman for the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA), told FreightWaves in an email that her organization is chasing down other reports of closures. “We are trying to verify all of that as best we can,” she said. “In some cases, it’s a matter of construction and maybe a rumor gets started because one is closed in a particular state.”