Motive is pushing into maintenance software as non-fuel operating costs hit record highs and only 13% of fleets say their systems share data automatically.
ATRI’s annual cost study showed numbers that rose at a faster pace than consumer inflation.
When a tow company takes possession of your truck, trailer, and cargo after a highway accident, storage fees start accruing immediately. Travelers’ Stephen Brasher breaks down why predatory towing has become a six-figure financial risk for motor carriers and outlines five best practices to protect your fleet before the next accident happens.
ATRI seeks motor carriers for study on FMCSA entry-level driver training’s effects on trucker safety and retention, building on 2008 research.
An announced pay increase at Averitt might signal some acceleration in driver pay levels.
A new report from the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), released Tuesday, looks at two decades of changes in truck driver demographics to identify untapped recruitment pathways, as fleets grapple with turnover and hiring hurdles.
Rising costs collided with depressed freight rates, according to ATRI’s latest operational costs of trucking benchmarking report. According to the data, the industry’s average cost of operating a truck declined slightly by 0.4% to $2.260 per mile.
Critics of the reinstatement of English language proficiency out-of-service violations argue that the directive is more political than practical and risks diverting attention from more pressing safety issues on U.S. highways.
The Manifest conference in Las Vegas highlighted autonomous truck rollouts, but trucking executives are taking a wait-and-see approach.
The North American Council for Freight Efficiency’s recent fleet fuel study highlighted truck fuel economy gains of 7.77 mpg compared to the national average of 6.9 mpg in 2023.
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ATRI’s 2024 “Critical Issues in the Trucking Industry” report saw truck parking dominate driver concerns, while motor carriers worry more about the economy.
The annual ATRI survey of top industry concerns reveals a big gap between what drivers and carriers worry about.
ATRI’s recently released study on the costs and impacts of driver detention found detention times exceeded four hours in 4.9% of stops.
ATRI has released a June update to its operational cost of trucking report, which saw significant increases in insurance premiums and truck and trailer payments during 2023.
Texas leads the U.S. for the most traffic bottlenecks for truckers on ATRI’s 2023 Top Truck Bottlenecks list, with 13.
A report released Monday by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) examines the costs and potential impacts associated with California’s push for zero-emission vehicles. This report is a companion to a December 2022 ATRI report titled “Charging Infrastructure Challenges for the U.S. Electric Vehicle Fleet.
On Wednesday the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released a report that examined causes and impacts of predatory heavy-duty towing. The report defined predatory towing in which “a T&R [towing and recovery] company egregiously overcharges, illegally seizes assets, damages assets by use of improper equipment, or illegitimately withholds release of a truck, trailer, and/or cargo.”
On Wednesday the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released its latest Cost of Congestion study showing U.S. highway traffic congestion added $94.6 billion in costs to the trucking industry.
In an article published Tuesday, FreightWaves CEO and founder Craig Fuller made a case that the trucking industry is not consolidating anytime soon.
