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Trucking groups at odds over looming speed limiter rule
With a proposed rule to mandate the use of speed limiters on heavy trucks looming in the coming months, two of the trucking industryâs biggest lobbying groups reiterated last week their stances on the rulemaking.
April 28, 2015
Business
Highway users, road builders oppose bill to surrender federal highway authority
Transportation interests, including American Trucking Associations, have written Congress to express opposition to the so-called âdevolutionâ of the federal highway program and the proposed Transportation Empowerment Act.
September 17, 2014
Business
Trucking groups ask DOT to take down public safety scores
A coalition of transportation trade groups have written DOT urging that the scores produced by the FMCSAâs Compliance, Safety, Accountability system be removed from the agencyâs website.
August 26, 2014
Business
CNBC series an âoutrageously inaccurateâ view of trucking, ATA says
ATA President and CEO Bill Graves has written CNBC to express âdisappointmentâ over the depiction of the industry in a recent series of reports on trucking â and to invite the network to the upcoming truck driving championships to see âjust how serious our industryâs commitment to safety is.â
August 7, 2014
Business
Wave of the future: ATA seeking âambitiousâ applicants for leadership program
American Trucking Associations is looking for a few good men and women, and is now taking applications for the second class of its LEAD ATA executive leadership program.
June 24, 2014
Business
GAO report criticizes CSA scoring, calls for changes
The DOT system used to score and compare motor carrier safety records is flawed and particularly unfair to small carriers, an independent government watchdog agency has concluded. While trucking interests have refrained from shouting âwe told you so,â the industry has praised the study.
February 4, 2014
Business
CSA is âunreliableâ and hereâs why â and what to tell customers, says ATA
Trucking continues to question the accuracy and application of data at the heart of the federal governmentâs regulatory program, and a powerful political voice for the industry has issued a white paper that spells out the points of contention in a way that customers â and maybe even Congress â can understand.
December 9, 2013
Business
ATA economy panel: Low GDP growth, higher costs will pressure carrier margins
More of the same from the economy, with a real chance for rate traction just over the next hill: thatâs the message delivered â yet again â by a panel of experts during this yearâs crystal ball session at the American Trucking Associationsâ Management Conference and Exhibition. Until the delicately balanced supply-and-demand scale tilts truckingâs way, the bottom line for carriers is to continue to guard the bottom line.
October 21, 2013
Business
CSA: Time to cover up the drawing board
Weâre coming up on the third anniversary of CSA 2010, yet the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration still insists on publishing carrier scores that have little to do with crash risk. Many in trucking want to know why the government would mislead the public on something as essential as carrier safety.
August 29, 2013
Business
Report confirms restocking bolstered January freight
By all accounts, January was a strong month for freight, and now we know one of the big reasons why. Manufacturing and trade inventories at the end of January were up 1% from December. Thatâs the largest month-to-month gain since another 1% increase in May 2011. The increases were particularly strong at the retail and wholesale level, which saw month-to-month gains of 1.5% and 1.2%, respectively.
March 13, 2013
Business
On thin ice? 2013âs challenges to fleets
Analysts see tighter capacity making 2013 a good year, but carriers arenât so sure.
January 29, 2013
Business
ATA Tonnage Index gains some lost ground
After falling 0.9 percent in August, the American Trucking Associationsâ seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 0.4 percent in September, bringing the index to 118.7.
October 24, 2012
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