CALENDAR OF EVENTS
NOVEMBER
NOVEMBER 1 MTC TECHNICIAN CURRICULUM ADVISORY COMMITTEE CALL
NOVEMBER 8 SELF INSURER FUND SEMINAR Fort Smith Convention Center Fort Smith, Ark.
NOVEMBER 15 SELF INSURER FUND SEMINAR Embassy Suites Little Rock, Ark.
NOVEMBER 17 JOINT SAFETY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL AND MAINTENANCE & TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL MEETING Embassy Suites Little Rock, Ark.
DECEMBER
DECEMBER 1 ACCOUNTING & FINANCE COUNCIL MEETING Victory Building Little Rock, Ark.
NEWS IN BRIEF, Continued from page 13
panies who often describe truck parking availability as a critical need. Administered by the NATSO
Foundation, this app represents the first time a national source for truck park- ing information has been available to America’s truck drivers.
ARKANSAS EYES TOLLS FOR 13-MILE STRETCH OF INTERSTATE State highway officials continue to
propose studies to determine whether the state should use tolls to build or fund new needed infrastructure around the state. The newest study commis- sioned by highway officials would provide funds for a new section of Interstate 49 in western Arkansas. “The thought, if the money part
works out, is that a private entity would design, build, operate and main- tain the facility until it is paid for
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and can become a ‘free’ route,” Scott Bennett, the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department direc- tor, said last week. “Many times, with facilities such as this, there is a shortfall between the revenue generated from tolls and what is needed to build the facility.” Interstate 49 is a north-south cor-
ridor between Kansas City, Mo. and Shreveport, La. More than $1.2 billion has been spent on improvements to the Arkansas section, but portions of the route have not yet been built. State highway officials estimate
that the new 13-mile corridor would cost $380 million, which includes $110 million needed to build a new bridge over the Arkansas River.
ARKANSAS TECHNICIANS COMPETE AT TMC SUPERTECH Arkansas Trucking Association
sent two technicians to compete in Raleigh, N.C. at the American Trucking Associations’ Technology and Maintenance Council’s 2016 SuperTech competitions for truck and trailer tech- nicians around the country. Technicians from all 50 states
gathered at the Raleigh Convention Center to show off their tech skills. This year’s SuperTech included a trailer tech competition for the first time, and a FutureTech competition challenged future technicians from diesel tech
school programs. FedEx Freight’s Eric Vos, of Boise,
Idaho, claimed the Grand Champion title for the second year in a row. Truck Centers of Arkansas’s Aaron
Martin from Springdale, Ark. placed 16th overall after competing in the truck division. This was Martin’s third time to
compete at the national competition. He has worked at Truck Centers of Arkansas for over 5 years. Arkansas’ trailer technician
Richard Holt from Ola, Ark., earned the highest score on the ASE written test and placed first at the trailer align- ment station. Holt has worked for Tyson Foods for 5 years. “For 12 years, TMCSuperTech has
provided an opportunity to recognize the outstanding work of our industry’s technicians, and this year was no differ- ent,” said ATA President and CEO Chris Spear.
FIGHTING FUEL THEFT WITH A CARD? Chicago tech startup, Fueloyal has
developed a card to prevent fuel theft for big trucks. The card, called the iCap 1000, uses the 3G network to prevent thieves from siphoning diesel out of gas tanks. The iCap 1000 measures the
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