[ Download File ] ( Colorado Lawmakers Seek to Ban Fuel Retailing by State Government.docx 11.24kb )

[ Download File ] ( North Carolina Tolling hearings.docx 11.51kb )

The North Carolina Department of Transportation plans to hold seven public hearings between Feb. 7 and Feb. 27 to gather public comment on its plans for tolling Interstate 95 from South Carolina to Virginia.

The Salt Lake Tribune highlighted the issue of rest area commercialization in an article about the new chairman of NATSO, a member of the Partnership to Save Highway Communities.

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The Missouri Department of Transportation needs nearly $4 billion to rebuild I-70 and the state wants to place tolls on the 250 mile stretch between St. Louis and Kansas City to pay for it.

[ Download File ] ( Mica Postpones Highway Bill Until 2012.docx 10.77kb )

[ Download File ] ( Senate Committee Unanimously Approves Highway Bill.docx 10.84kb )

The Senate EPW Committee unanimously approved a highway bill without expanding tolling or seeking to commercialize rest areas.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores unveiled its first electric vehicle charging station in Lebanon, Tenn. It marks the first of 12 Cracker Barrel locations statewide that will install electric car fast chargers as part of the EV Project.

[ Download File ] ( Highway Bill Extended Through March.docx 10.25kb )

[ Download File ] ( Iowa 80 Commercialization Article in North Scott Press.pdf 83.32kb )

Iowa 80's Delia Moon Meier spoke with the North Scott Press in Eldridge, Iowa, about how rest area commercialization would hurt her family's business and thousands more nationwide.

[ Download File ] ( Boston Globe Response Final.docx 13.95kb )

[ Download File ] ( Boston Globe Response Final.docx 13.59kb )

[ Download File ] ( Boston Globe Editorial Mischaracterizes Commercial Rest Area Issue.docx 11.62kb )

[ Download File ] ( Congress Talks Highway Bill.docx 11.48kb )

Wall Street Journal Reporter Angus Loten blogs about Sen. Kirk's bill calling for commercial rest areas and the opposition of the Partnership to Save Highway Communities.

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[ Download File ] ( Massachusetts Legislators Latest to Push for Commercial Rest Areas.docx 11.15kb )

[ Download File ] ( NATSO Refutes Freedom Foundation Claims that State DOTs Should Privatize Commercial Rest Areas.docx 11.38kb )

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NATSO News Weekly. April 4, 2011

[ Download File ] ( NATSO Testifies on Commercialization.doc 33.5kb )

[ Download File ] ( State DOTs Continue Push for Commercial Rest Areas - Final.docx 13.29kb )

CSP Daily News. March 29, 2011

Convenience Store News. February 7, 2011

[ Download File ] ( HEARING WRITTEN STATEMENT Lisa Mullings March 2011.pdf 365.95kb )

Washington Senate Transportation Committee to Consider Rest Area Commercialization

[ Download File ] ( Rest Area Commericalization (Letter to AZ Governor) FINAL.pdf 165.06kb )

Asbury Park Press

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"The Domino Effect." If Virginia is allowed to commercialize rest areas, other states will follow. Stop Watch. July/August 2010.

[ Download File ] ( Coalition Letter to Gov. Brewer.pdf 351.35kb )

The Partnership to Save Highway Communities sent the following letter to Arizona Governor Janice Brewer regarding her call to overturn the ban on commercial rest areas.

Washington Times, May 13, 2010

[ Download File ] ( McDonnell Letter Final.pdf 86.24kb )

The Partnership to Save Highway Communities sent the following letter to Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell regarding the reopening of 19 rest areas in the commonwealth.

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[ Download File ] ( EPW Coalition Letter, 7-09.pdf 38.56kb )

The Partnership to Save Highway Communities yesterday urged the leadership of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) to maintain the prohibition on commercial activity along the Interstate right-of-way in the upcoming extension of the current highway reauthorization law.

"Virginia Hopes to Reopen Rest Stops"
Richmond Times-Dispatch July 7, 2009

[ Download File ] ( Coalition against Rest Area Commercialization Continues to Grow.pdf 8.72kb )

"Coalition Against Rest Area Commercialization Continues to Grow"
NATSO News Weekly June 22, 2009

[ Download File ] ( House Highway Bill Preserves Commercialization Ban.pdf 16.92kb )

"House Highway Bill Preserves Commercialization Ban, Restricts Tolling"
NATSO News Weekly June 22, 2009

[ Download File ] ( T&I Coalition Letter, 6-09.pdf 38.28kb )

The Partnership to Save Highway Communities sent the the following letter to the leadership of the House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, encouraging the Committee to uphold the ban on rest area commercialization as part of the surface transportation reauthorization legislation.

"The Fight for Rest Areas"
CSP Daily News, April 30, 2009

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"Virginia DOT Continues Support of Rest Area Commercialization"
NATSO News Weekly May 22, 2009

"Letter: Commercializing Rest Areas Is Bad State Policy"
Rockbridge Weekly and The Alleghany Journal May 18, 2009

"Jobs, Businesses Could Be At Risk Under Virginia Transportation Board’s Rest Area Plan, says NATSO"
NATSO April 2, 2009

"States on Both Coasts Vow to Overturn Ban on Rest Area Commercialization"
NATSO March 30, 2009

Greater Greater Washington March 18, 2009

"Three Governors Want ‘B.C.-to-Baja Green Highway’"
The Richmond Times Dispatch, March 28, 2009

"NATSO Members Work Against I-5 Commercialization Legislation"
NATSO News Weekly March 20, 2009

"States Should Partner with Interstate 5 Businesses, Not Compete"
The Seattle Times March 18, 2009

"Governors Envision Eco-Friendly Fuels at I-5 Rest Stops"
The Seattle Times March 8, 2009