A truck parking company is celebrating a business milestone
Evan Shelley, co-founder & CEO of the Truck Parking Club today announced the service has added its 1,000th property member location.
"We now have truck parking locations in 46 states with 24,000 spaces," said Shelley. "When I started this company two years ago, I had no idea the amount of work it would take to get to this point. It took months to add our first few locations, and to earn the trust of a handful of drivers to the point where they would book with us. Because of the hard work of our tremendous team, half of which are former drivers, we’re able to celebrate this milestone on the way to helping solve the truck parking shortage."
Shelley said that while 1,000 might seem like a big number, it’s not. He said there are many areas where the company has few, if any, locations.
"Drivers should not have to go miles out of route to find parking," said Shelley. "Our ambition is to give drivers an option no matter where they are. Suffice to say, we have a long way to go. Our next target is 10,000 locations."
Landstar opens Indiana operations center
Landstar recently celebrated the grand opening of its new 8,000 square foot field operations center in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
Newly built on 14 acres of property at Exit 39 off Interstate 74, this new company location is designed with Landstar’s thousands of independent truck owner-operators in mind, according to a statement from the compny. The facility includes classrooms, a conference room and several convenient amenities for owner-operators leased to Landstar, such as a business center with free Wi-Fi, laundry and shower facilities, and a break room.
“We’re excited to open this new field operations center in Crawfordsville. This new facility reinforces Landstar’s commitment to maintaining a network of regional facilities across the United States and in Canada for our leased owner-operators,” said Rocco Davanzo, Landstar Transportation Logistics executive vice president of capacity development. “These locations are designed and staffed so that Landstar’s independent owner-operators can easily connect with advisors, network with peers, and participate in continuous professional education to keep their businesses running smoothly.”
Conveniently located for Landstar owner-operators headed to or from Indianapolis, visitors to the new center in Crawfordsville have access to secured parking for more than 100 tractor-trailer combinations, 15 drop-trailer spots and more than 50 additional passenger vehicle spaces.
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