WESTLAKE, Ohio -- TravelCenters of America LLC has opened a new Petro Stopping Center located at I-65, exit 299, in Dodge City, Ala. The Dodge City Petro is the 69th full-service travel center in the Petro Stopping Center-branded chain and the 235th in the combined TA and Petro Stopping Center system.
Amenities at the Dodge City Petro Stopping Center include 105 truck parking spaces, eight diesel lanes, 250-seat Iron Skillet sitdown restaurant, 10 showers operating on a completely automated system and accessible through the TruckSmart smartphone mobile app, Conoco-branded gasoline and UltraONE Rewards Program kiosk and swiping system.
The Dodge City Petro offers a variety of additional features and comforts for professional drivers, including a CAT scale, a driver's lounge WiFi, TripPak; faxing/copying an ATM, check cashing, laundry facility and a game room.
The site expects to add a Petro:Lube truck service and repair shop, including RoadSquad emergency road service in the summer of 2012. Other features that are coming soon are a StayFit walking trail and a designated pet exercise area.
The company also opened its newest TA travel center located at I-81/I-64, exit 195, in Lexington, Va. It is the 166th full-service travel center in the TA-branded chain and the 234th in the combined TA and Petro Stopping Center system.
Amenities at the Lexington TA include 250 truck parking spaces, eight diesel lanes, seven-bay truck service center, 150-seat sitdown restaurant, eight showers operating on a completely automated system, Shell-branded gasoline and UltraONE Rewards Program kiosk and swiping system.
The Lexington TA offers a variety of additional comforts, including a designated pet exercise area, CAT scale. a driver's lounge, WiFi, TripPak, faxing/copying and ATM services. It also has a laundry room with new equipment--four washers and four dryers--that take both cash and credit or debit cards. As with all TA and Petro locations, drivers can use the TruckSmart smartphone app to enter the shower queue at this site.
In other company news, the American Trucking Associations recently welcomed TA as its newest allied member. The ATA is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a federation of 50 affiliated state trucking associations and industry-related conferences and councils, ATA is the voice of the industry America depends on most to move our nation's freight.
"TravelCenters of America provides fleets and drivers with facilities and services that help drive their efficiency. Additionally, we provide the care, comfort, and hospitality to drivers while they are on the road away from home," said TA president and CEO Thomas O'Brien.
He added, "Our association with the ATA enables us to leverage our industry leading services like truck maintenance, roadside assistance and our growing health and fitness initiatives in order to better the world of trucking. No one else has the breadth of services or the knowledge and experience of trucks and drivers in the truckstop industry as we do. Pace-setting programs such as our StayFit health and fitness initiative, StaySafe parking lot program and our TruckSmart smart phone application demonstrate our ability and desire to provide the trucking industry with effective solutions for the efficiency, comfort and well being of its drivers and optimization of their business processes."
Said O'Brien, "We intend to play an active role in the ATA to help promote the success of the trucking industry and continue to foster the respect its drivers deserve. We look forward to our partnership with the American Trucking Associations and leveraging our combined resources on matters important to the world of trucking. Above all, we look forward to doing what we can as an organization to bring additional respect to the trucking industry and the drivers who serve in it."
Westlake, Ohio-based TA is a leading travel center business in 41 states and Canada operating under the TA and Petro Stopping Centers brands. With convenient locations off interstate highway exits, TA and Petro offer customers diesel and gasoline fueling services, full- and quick-service restaurants, 24-hour convenience stores, heavy truck maintenance services, RoadSquad, electronic communication (WiFi) and many other services, all within large, high traffic facilities.
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