Cargo securement guide published
The Practical Cargo Securement, a 405-page resource guide for drivers, carriers, shippers and law enforcement, is now available from the American Trucking Assn. (ATA) Safety Management Council...
Is truck freight bottom close?
Freight tonnage fell again in April, according to numbers released by the American Trucking Assns. (ATA), indicating that trucking companies are still facing lean times...
ATA backs drug clearinghouse bill
Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark, has submitted bill to congress calling for a national drug clearinghouse database for commercial vehicle operators...
ATA seeks clean up of hazmat rules
The American Trucking Assns. (ATA) wants Congress to overhaul the regulations governing the transportation of hazardous materials, eliminating redundant rules and ensuring uniformity across jurisdictions...
Jason’s Law: ATA pushes for quick passage of truck-parking measure
The murder of a truck driver, and his family's dedication to the job he loved so much, is driving legislation through Congress to improve safe parking for truckers. Nicknamed "Jason's Law," House bill H.R. 2156 and Senate bill S. 971 aim to create a pilot program to increase truck parking facilities...
Freight volumes still lag
A 4.5% decrease this March in the for-hire truck index compiled by the American Trucking Assns. (ATA) isn’t much of a surprise to major carriers -- merely a reflection of their own data that freight volumes remain extremely sluggish through the first three months of this year...
DOT: Highway safety to remain top priority
WASHINGTON. Despite the ongoing and overwhelming effort to distribute billions in transportation infrastructure from President Obama's economic stimulus package, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood stated here yesterday that that effort won't distract his agency from its "number one priority" going forward-- improving highway safety...
TMC committee to explore service relationships
The American Trucking Assn.'s Technology & Maintenance Council has formed a committee to look at ways to improve...
Trucking cautious on calling bottom for economy
Though the Federal Reserve is expressing cautious optimism that the U.S. economy may be stabilizing, albeit at a weak level, many observers within trucking feel the recession hasn't yet reached a firm bottom...
Truck weight issue dividing trucking
Economics, safety, and the impact on highway infrastructure and the environment are the battlefields in an intensifying legislative struggle to determine whether commercial truck weight limits should be raised to 97,000 lbs. or not. And those issues are dividing key player within trucking itself...
Appeals court rules against California ports
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has sided with the American Trucking Assns. (ATA) in its lawsuit against the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach...
ATA argues against Virginia closing rest stops
Virginia’s plan to close 25 of the state’s 41 Interstate Highway rest areas poses a significant safety risk to motorists, American Trucking Assns. (ATA) president & CEO Bill Graves said...
ATA tries to stop HOS challenge
The American Trucking Assns. (ATA) has filed a motion to intervene in the legal challenge filed with with the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit by four safety groups seeking to overturn the current hours-of-service (HOS) rules...
ATA tonnage index grows, but recovery still far away
The American Trucking Assns.’ (ATA) seasonally adjusted for-hire truck tonnage index increased 3% in January...
Video: Ray LaHood addresses American Trucking Associations (ATA)
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood recently spoke to members of the American Trucking Association (ATA)...
