American Trucking Associations

Safety

ATA, OOIDA seek truck crashworthiness standards Equipment improvements would lower fatalities, groups say For nearly four decades, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has focused on improving survivability rates for passenger car drivers involved in crashes, but two industry groups say more attention also needs to be ...

By CCJ Staff Published July 1, 2011

Who’s in the Driver’s Seat?

Tightening regulations, unfavorable demographics have drivers in short supply. Will rising pay and operational shifts meet demand? In 2004, rising truck tonnage, tight capacity, lean inventories and improved freight pricing helped ignite a driver shortage that swelled to more than 100,000 over the next two years. ...

By Jeff Crissey Published July 1, 2011

Journal

FMCSA won’t make court deadline for final HOS rule ATA ‘clearly skeptical’ of DOT’s ‘11th hour’ research The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said last month it would not be able to meet a court-negotiated July 26 deadline to issue its final hours-of-service rule after it reopened ...

By CCJ Staff Published June 7, 2011

Jeff Crissey

FMCSA misses the bus on HOS rule Newly introduced studies raise more questions than answers The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s last-minute move to add four new studies to its hours-of-service docket was a point of discussion at last month’s CCJ 2011 Spring Symposium in Birmingham, Ala. ...

By Jeff Crissey Published June 7, 2011

Technology

Unclogging arteries Technology can help alleviate choke points for truck traffic By Aaron Huff All motorists bear the burden of traffic congestion, but the trucking industry also is sideswiped with much of the financial costs. Bottlenecks on the nation’s highways cost about $19 billion per year in fuel, ...

By CCJ Staff Published May 1, 2011

Journal

Capacity shortage looms large Rate hikes about to kick in, FTR says Truckload capacity shortages will gather momentum this year and continue through 2013 as the economy recovers and regulatory restrictions limit the driver pool, an FTR Associates economist said. Because of the economic upturn and the ...

By CCJ Staff Published May 1, 2011

Journal

U.S., Mexico reach new trucking agreement Ferro defends taxpayers buying EOBRs for Mexican carriers The U.S. and Mexican governments on March 3 announced an agreement in principle to implement the long-delayed cross-border trucking provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The agreement upholds previous requirements for ...

By CCJ Staff Published April 1, 2011

CCJ 100 Milestones

To mark CCJ’s centennial anniversary, here is the CCJ editors’ list of some of the most important regulations, innovations and events that have shaped the trucking industry over the last 100 years. Disagree with a ranking? Feel like there’s something we missed? We’d love to hear ...

By Avery Vise, Jeff Crissey, Aaron Huff, Jack Roberts, Dean Smallwood Published March 10, 2011

Jeff Crissey

18 for 3.5 million America’s Road Team captains represent the best of the best For better or worse, the people behind the wheel of your trucks are the face of your company – the ones seen by your customers at loading docks and by the motorists and ...

By Jeff Crissey Published February 13, 2011

Journal

ATA slams lastest hours proposal FMCSA leaning toward 10-hour driving time limit The American Trucking Associations said the Obama administration missed the mark in many ways with the latest hours-of-service rewrite. Bill Graves, ATA president and chief executive officer, described the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposal ...

By CCJ Staff Published February 13, 2011