Dear Members:
We have two items for your attention that may impact your travels this week.
- Through our connection with the Metropolitan Resilience Network, hosted by NYU INTERCEP and championed by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, we have been asked to distribute this information to all our Members. We would like to alert you of a travel advisory from the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey regarding the Holland Tunnel this coming week. Due to fire damage, the Holland Tunnel will be operating at a 60% capacity reduction. The complete PANYNJ press release can be found by clicking here.
- We have received a report regarding potential disruptions to Interstate Highway Traffic throughout the upcoming week. In July, a known activist in the trucker community expressed a desire to disrupt vehicle traffic by using commercial trucks to shut-down interstate highways across the United States during a planned trucker protest scheduled in Washington, D.C., October 3-8th. The activist and other truckers within the industry are upset about proposed rule changes in which all commercial trucks will be required to have electronic logging devices installed to monitor each truckers' actual drive time hours as well as work breaks in order to ensure adherence to laws and regulations. The activist and other truckers want to bring national attention to the issue and have coined the protest "Operation Black and Blue."
Thank you for your time and we will continue to monitor and keep you updated on these important issues.
Sincerely,
Pattie
Patricia A. Cowley
Executive Director
908-835-0935 x 105
