American Trucking Associations

Aaron Huff

Lessons learned The recession might have prepared you for the future Since the recession’s official beginnings in 2007, large and small truckload carriers have cut employment by 12 percent and 18 percent, respectively. Less-than-truckload carriers have trimmed payroll by 14 percent. Last year, load count dropped nearly ...

By Aaron Huff Published June 1, 2010

The EOBR RULE: Logging a Milestone

The EOBR Rule Logging a milestone A new FMSCA Regulation requires some carriers to track drivers' hours of service electronically rather than on paper logs. It's just the beginning. By Avery Vise Although truck drivers have been subject to federal regulation of their work hours for more than 70 years, ...

By Avery Vise Published May 2, 2010

Avery Vise: Mandating the inevitable

Mandating the inevitable Electronic logs may be universal before they are required About a decade ago, a major supplier of onboard computers primarily to private fleets scheduled a press conference at a Truckload Carriers Association annual meeting to tout its electronic logs. The event proved to be ...

By Avery Vise Published May 1, 2010

FMCSA delays full CSA 2010 rollout and more

FMCSA delays full CSA 2010 rollout Carriers now have access to data for new program The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has pulled back on its original plan to implement its Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 program in July, but the agency has given motor carriers access to ...

By CCJ Staff Published May 1, 2010

Innovators: Roehl Transport

Roehl Transport Marshfield, Wisconsin Reduced its critical crash rate 75 percent by building a unique safety culture. Safety beyond compromise Nationwide line-haul carrier does things ‘The Roehl Way’ By Jeff Crissey In many ways, Roehl Transport isn’t that different from other large carriers. The Marshfield, Wis.-based company has a diverse fleet ...

By Jeff Crissey Published May 1, 2010

2009 traffic fatality rate hits record low and more

2009 traffic fatality rate hits record low Factors include ad campaigns, less driving The U.S. Department of Transportation announced that the number of overall traffic fatalities reported at the end of 2009 reached the lowest level since 1954, declining for the 15th consecutive quarter. According to early ...

By CCJ Staff Published May 1, 2010

Tonnage down 0.5% in February and more

Tonnage down 0.5% in February ATA index up 2.6% year-over-year The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 0.5 percent in February following a revised 1.9 percent increase in January. The latest drop put the SA index at 108.5, down from 109.1 ...

By CCJ Staff Published May 1, 2010

Court: California can regulate reefer units

California may continue enforcing its restrictions on transportation refrigerated units as a result of a ruling Friday, April 2, by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The court rejected a challenge by the American Trucking Associations and the Truckload Carriers ...

By Avery Vise Published April 5, 2010

Journal

White House clears EOBR rule FMCSA still plans a second, broader regulation A final rule mandating electronic onboard recorders for carriers that have a history of serious noncompliance with hours-of-service rules was one step closer to reality after the White House Office of Management and Budget cleared ...

By CCJ Staff Published April 2, 2010

Avery Vise

Demanding less congestion Building new and larger roads is only part of the answer Politics in Washington have become so rancorous that even an issue on which there once was broad consensus – highway infrastructure – is a battleground. Legislators love to deliver road improvements – and ...

By Avery Vise Published April 1, 2010