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Almost every business, organization, school and church has been impacted in some way by COVID-19 pandemic.  One Alabama A&M University transportation educator and researcher decided it was time to study how a group of Alabama truck drivers viewed their preparation for the pandemic by their employees.

Dr. Jacob Oluwoye, professor of transportation and environmental health in AAMU’s Department of Community and Regional Planning, surveyed 50 Alabama truck drivers through the Center of Urban and Rural Research.  Seventy-six percent of respondents represented Jefferson County, the state’s most densely populated area.  The aim was to gather the drivers’ views about