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ARLINGTON, VA – The line-haul driver turnover rate among large for-hire truckload carriers (fleets with at least $30 million in annual revenue) experienced its first quarterly decrease in a year during the 2007 second quarter.
Read More →ALEXANDRIA, VA – The American Trucking Association's (ATA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 0.3-percent in July, the first month-to-month increase since last March.
Read More →ARLINGTON, VA — Citing the potential for "widespread disruption in the industry and the supply chain," and a decrease in safety, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) is fighting on two fronts to retain the current Hours-of-Service (HOS) regulations
Read More →WASHINGTON – The American Trucking Associations' (ATA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 0.1-percent in June, marking its third consecutive month-to-month drop.
Read More →WASHINGTON – ATA President and CEO Bill Graves has asked Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters to push for a stay of the Court of Appeals ruling on Hours-of-Service (HOS) regulations, stating there was “no compelling safety reason” to eliminate the two provisions the Court challenged. ATA released a letter from Graves to Secretary Peters at a recent press conference at the National Press Club.
Read More →WASHINGTON – American Trucking Associations (ATA) President and CEO Bill Graves has urged Congress to authorize and fund a centralized clearinghouse for positive drug and alcohol testing results of commercial motor vehicle drivers.
Read More →Appeals court invalidates 11-hour allowable daily driving time. ATA seeks stay.
Read More →ALEXANDRIA, VA – The American Trucking Associations' (ATA) truck tonnage index fell 2.2 percent in April following a 1.2-percent increase in March.
Read More →NEW YORK CITY, NY – The American Trucking Associations (ATA) said it sees problems with Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposal, announced Apr. 22, to charge a new fee to anyone who drives into Manhattan.
Read More →ALEXANDRIA, VA – In a letter to the Federal Motor Carrier Administration (FMCSA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Trucking, Renting, and Leasing Association (TRALA) urged support for a petition from the American Trucking Associations (ATA) asking the agencies to consider the new safety-oriented rule requires 68 mph speed limiters on new trucks.
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