Thinking Transportation: Engaging Conversations about Transportation Innovations

Revisited: Alone in the Crowd: Long-haul truckers fight isolation through satellite connections.


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With National Truck Driver Appreciation Week (Sept. 15-21) just around the corner, it seemed a good time to revisit our interview with Mark Willis from almost exactly one year ago. This is the week in which the trucking industry celebrates the contributions of roughly 3.5 million professional truck drivers nationwide, who deliver the essential goods our families rely on, from food to fuel to medicine to clothing. Mark is host of the afternoon show on Road Dog Trucking, channel 146 on SiriusXM, a lifeline to truckers nationwide to other truckers and the topics that interest them like roadway safety and adequate parking. Thousands of long-haul truck drivers in America share a common and constant challenge of remoteness, and they find insight and community through the vast reach of satellite radio. 


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Thinking Transportation: Engaging Conversations about Transportation InnovationsBy Texas A&M Transportation Institute

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