Dave Williams

Dave Williams the Senior Vice President of Equipment and Government Relations at Knight-Swift Transportation and the 2023-2024 chairman of the the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA).

Navigating the bends in the road to improve highway safety

"A bend in the road is not the end of the road, unless you fail to make the turn," and bend in the road is ahead for transportation.

March 20, 2024

semi truck on a winding road

Seeking equilibrium in trucking policies is a balancing act

Since the end of the pandemic, the trucking industry has been inundated with an onslaught of rules, shifts in practice and policy pushes that further threaten the stability and effectiveness of the nation’s supply chain.

February 20, 2024

feet on a balance beam

Defending the American Dream: The impact of new DOL regulations on trucking opportunities

The efforts to limit the opportunities for truck drivers to own their own business have been relentless.

January 23, 2024

truck driver at the steering wheel

Trucking celebrates Christmas by honoring servicemen and women

An annual reminder that the founders of this country accomplished something extraordinary.

December 20, 2023

Dave Williams and WAA Driver

Alternative power

Clean air and a strong supply chain: Finding common ground in trucking

The trucking industry’s developmental path to emissions reductions is not widely understood or celebrated.

October 24, 2023

green semi truck

Keep telling the trucking story

Once the nation understood the essential nature of the trucking industry in 2020, everything seemed to change... briefly.

September 11, 2023

Economic trends

A little bit of trucking history and perspective

An outdated growth strategy in the truckload segment has caused the capacity imbalance that we're currently living with.

August 21, 2023

Sensible cooperation between trucking and government is needed

Why would a government agency have the need to silence a group and demand that they abide by a set of rules even if they are determined by a court of law to be unenforceable?

July 25, 2023

Nikola Motors assembly line

Beyond the basics of human decency

If we're relying on the government to instill the value of human decency and provide drivers access to bathrooms, our industry is in big trouble.

June 20, 2023

Employees only sign

Safety & Compliance

Trucking can be, and needs to be, safer

There were 5,788 fatal accidents involving large trucks in the United States in 2021, and fleets have a responsibility to take that number a lot closer to zero.

May 15, 2023

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Estes' terminal in Reno, Nevada.

Estes Express begins reopening of former Yellow terminals

Estes acquired 24 terminals through Yellow's bankruptcy proceedings and added more than 130 tractors and 6,000 trailers along with thousands of other pieces of equipment like load bars, air bags and more.

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What it takes to advocate for legal abuse reform

Deputy pulled over a semi truck

Roadcheck puts trailer protection, substance abuse in its crosshairs

Volvo assembly plant

Volvo building new truck plant in Mexico

Report: The 2024 State of Heavy-Duty Repair

Report: The 2024 State of Heavy-Duty Repair