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Business and Community Leaders Urge Congress to Oppose Commercial Rest Areas
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ NATSO, representing truckstops and travel plazas, and a diverse coalition that includes restaurants, fuel retailers, city governments, trucking firms and blind entrepreneurs today urged lawmakers to oppose efforts to commercialize Interstate rest areas as Congress considers infrastructure legislation.
The groups, which represent hundreds of thousands of mostly small businesses that operate near the Interstate Highway System, urged lawmakers to reject proposals to carve out any exceptions to the longstanding ban that prohibits state departments of transportation from unfairly competing against the private sector by selling food, fuel or other commercial services, including electric vehicle charging, at Interstate rest areas.
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A native of the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius, Zaheer Allam was a gifted student from the start. He holds a bachelor’s degree in architectural science, a master of arts degree in political economy, and a doctorate in humanities, all from universities in England and Australia. Based in his homeland, Allam works as an urban strategist and consults on matters related to “smart cities” and the intersection of technology and social concerns. He represents Africa in the International Society of Biourbanism. The president of Mauritius recently awarded him the rank of Officer of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean, the highest order of distinction the nation has to offer. A Next Einstein Forum fellow, Allam has interests that include clean energy, sustainable development, building planned cities, and improving the livability of existing cities. He is the author of seven books on urban affairs, including