POLICE SAY IMPROVEMENTS HAVE MADE REST STOPS SAFER SOME DRIVERS ARE STILL...

The Virginian Pilot;  November 26, 1997 ;     628 words ......he said. Hyre's confidence in Virginia rest stops is prompted by the more than $800,000...security improvements since the murders: Five rest stops now have 24-hour security guards. Seven rest stops have satellite offices for state troopers...

State rest stops get an upgrade

Daily Breeze;  December 25, 2007 ;     417 words ......Cleaner, brighter and more accessible rest stops. At a cost of $13 million a year, nearly half of the state's 87 rest stops have gotten makeovers since 2000...standards by 2009. "You need to have good rest stops on the road. They are valuable...

REST STOPS ARE GETTING MAKEOVERS FREEWAYS: STATE HALF THROUGH WITH...

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  December 25, 2007 ;     426 words ......Cleaner, brighter and more accessible rest stops. At a cost of about $13million a year, nearly half of the state's 87 rest stops have gotten makeovers since 2000...standards by 2009. You need to have good rest stops on the road. They are valuable...

VIRGINIA INTERSTATE REST STOPS THEY OUGHT TO BE...

The Virginian Pilot;  June 22, 1997 ;     356 words ...Virginia's interstate-highway rest stops are dangerous. Now the commonwealth is...convenience stores, motorists who pull into rest stops when few people are around are sitting...motorists should be able to pull into rest stops at any hour without fear. Fatigued and...

Two rest stops not the best stops

Rocky Mountain News;  January 20, 2007 ;     214 words ......Colorado lawmaker who wanted to know why two rest stops along Interstate 25 were closed was surprised...turns out that the north- and southbound rest stops between Castle Rock and Monument were...encounters did take place. Other states with rest stops between major cities report the ...

Two rest stops not the best stops.(News)

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  January 20, 2007 ;     220 words ......Colorado lawmaker who wanted to know why two rest stops along Interstate 25 were closed was surprised...turns out that the north- and southbound rest stops between Castle Rock and Monument were...encounters did take place. Other states with rest stops between major cities report the ...

States increase security at rest stops in response to crimes.(Originated...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  August 17, 1997 ;     700+ words ......private security guards are watching rest stops. In California, the state plans to let...crime. For weary vacationers, highway rest stops are peaceful oases, a place to change...agencies are fighting back by treating rest stops more like city streets. National crime...

ILLINOIS INSTALLING SECURITY CAMERAS AT REST STOPS

Evansville Courier & Press;  August 20, 2002 ;     367 words ......spending nearly $4 million to equip highway rest stops with security cameras and emergency call...feel threatened at one of the state's 53 rest stops and will give police a record of crimes...will let police watch activities at the rest stops any time they like. For instance, if...

PLUS' new-look rest stops

New Straits Times;  December 21, 2007 ;     260 words ......Straits Times 12-21-2007 PLUS' new-look rest stops Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main...at one of the new and improved highway rest stops. PLUS Expressways' chief operating officer...the past one year on sprucing up the rest stops. A check found that the money was well...

Security system on way to highway rest stops; Cameras, call boxes: State...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  August 20, 2002 ;     448 words ......spending nearly $4 million to equip highway rest stops with security cameras and emergency call...feel threatened at one of the state's 53 rest stops and will give police a record of crimes...will let police watch activities at the rest stops any time they like. For instance, if...

Minnesota's Rest Stops Closed

Transport Topics;  July 11, 2005 ;     700+ words ......stay home. The department operates the rest stops and travel plazas with state employees. While the rest stops remained closed at press time, the state...did not order the state to reopen the rest stops. These closures have forced truck drivers...

Rest stops get security boost

Chicago Sun-Times;  August 20, 2002 ;     160 words ......mid-October at the state's 53 highway rest stops. The first cameras and call boxes should be in place next week--at rest stops in Pontiac and Peotone, Mike Monseur...they feel threatened at any of the rest stops, and it will send video from the...

POSES RISK Highway rest stops too crowded Tired truckers having difficult...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 19, 1996 ;     295 words ......time finding room to sleep at public rest stops on the nation's highways. According to...Transportation Department, three out of four rest stops on major interstates are full to overcrowded...crowding problems at privately maintained rest stops. Among the study's key findings: More...

Who'll fill roadside hospitality gap? Closing 44 rest stops would save $4...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  March 16, 2003 ;     700+ words ......article incorrectly said that closing 44 rest stops would save $4 million a year. The savings...the state's capital investment in the rest stops? How would it affect driving safety...parking spaces. State standards call for rest stops about every 50 miles, said Carol Reamer...

Iowa Wires Rest Stops for Net Access

Transport Topics;  April 18, 2005 ;     257 words ......the Internet at all 40 of the state's rest stops, according to the Iowa Department of...is already available to travelers at rest stops on Interstate 80 near Davenport in eastern...southern Iowa. IDOT said 20 additional rest stops were scheduled to be equipped in the...