Trucking trade groups and a group of fleets and drivers are urging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to allow truck stops and travel plazas to offer vaccinations to drivers passing through.

Distributing COVID vaccines at truck stops and travel plazas would make inoculations easier for “the unique needs of truck drivers who spend hundreds of days each year away from home,” National Association of Truck Stop Owners (NATSO) President and CEO Lisa Mullings said. Read more.