Hair follicle testing – once cleared for use in the federal database – could have the biggest effect on driver availability.
Chemical hazmat shipments figure prominently on newly created committee within U.S. Transportation Security Administration.
Trump now threatening tariffs against Mexico while trade groups claim cross-border supply chains still at risk.
Association’s new ad campaign highlights dangers to consumers of not getting a highway bill funded this year.
Authors controversial study miss key factors contributing to truck driver turnover and wages.
ATA considering next steps in fight against “discriminatory” toll plan after judge rules that his court lacks jurisdiction.
Study finds lagging response to demand surges makes managing driver recruitment and retention more difficult.
FMCSA estimates over 11,000 Class B truck drivers will save time and money using the new process.
Connecticut truckers say tolling proposal unveiled by new governor would hurt business.
One-quarter of carrier respondents to a new survey believe that driver pay will need to approach $100,000 a year before it makes a dent in driver turnover.
While onboard with the group’s goals, not all truckers seem happy with the approach Black Smoke Matters is taking to achieve them.
Freight lobbyists are banking on leadership changes in the 116th Congress to pave the way for infrastructure financing that stalled during the first half of Trump’s administration.
Even the Port’s director agrees something needs to be done; East Coast port notches new record; ATA crows about California victory.
A driver incentive program, which not only prompts drivers to make smarter and safer driving decisions, but also promotes driver happiness, is one way to increase driver retention.
How much of the strength is pre-tariff purchases? How much of the talk of weakness is “on the other hand” economics?
A long list of concerns in the ATA President’s annual speech to his group’s conference, including young drivers and California’s own laws.
Driver churn continues to plague the industry as the turnover rate at large truckload carriers has reached its highest point in five years.
New Prime vs. Oliveira aims to settle who can arbitrate and who is a transportation worker under Federal Arbitration Act.
ATA chairman outline group’s legislative priorities for this year.
The long-anticipated Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill is up for a vote and it does not include the controversial meal-and-rest break provision that the American Trucking Associations (ATA) and other industry forces were seeking.
Probably to no great surprise to attendees in the room, American Trucking Associations’ Chief Economist Bob Costello painted a very positive picture of the current and near-term freight environment during the ATA’s 2nd Annual Economic Summit last week in Washington, DC.
Speaking at the American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) 2nd Annual Economic Summit on Thursday in Washington, DC, ATA President & CEO Chris Spear touted the accomplishments of the association but told attendees now is not the time to become complacent.
Fuel taxes disproportinately hurt independent truckers because they are not able to recoup fuel-expenses.
Truckers Against Trafficking has launched the Man to Man Campaign in an effort to eliminate human trafficking in the transportation industry.
The Rhode Island Trucking Association (RITA) has called out the Rhode Island Department of ansportation (RIDOT)’s allegedly inadequate environmental assessment (EA), hoping that the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) will reject the report.
The annual State of the Industry address at the American Trucking Associations’ MCE conference is a time for the president to highlight all that is good about trucking. Delivering his second address as president, Chris Spear noted some of the legislative accomplishments of the association, took aim at some of the industry’s critics, and called for unity.
President Donald Trump took his case for tax reform to the American people on Wednesday night – specifically the trucking community – at an event in Harrisburg, PA.
Freight, orders and optimism continue to populate the minds of many carrier and shipping executives these days as more data points suggest the economy is continuing to improve. And it’s optimism that even uneven retail sales and consumer confidence can’t hide.
