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NewsDecember 7, 2012

ATA Urges Further Dialogue on CSA Data Limitations

ARLINGTON, VA – A white paper issued by American Trucking Associations (ATA) indicated the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Compliance Safety Accountability lacks sufficient data on the majority of the industry to render meaningful scores for most motor carriers.

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NewsNovember 21, 2012

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Fell 3.8% in October

ARLINGTON, VA – The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 3.8 percent in October after falling 0.4 percent in September.

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NewsOctober 31, 2012

America's Top Truck Drivers Offer Tips During Operation Safe Driver

ARLINGTON, VA - A team of million-mile, accident-free truck drivers helped to raise safety awareness during Operation Safe Driver, October 14-20, 2012.

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NewsOctober 31, 2012

ATA Selects XRS for America’s Road Team Truck Fleet Optimization and Compliance

LAS VEGAS - XRS Corporation announced that its Turnpike mobile solution is the official fleet optimization platform for the American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) Interstate One truck.

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NewsSeptember 19, 2012

New Texas Transportation Study Reveals Ways to Hire and Retain Truck Drivers

SAN ANTONIO - The 2012 Texas Trucking Industry Study shows Texas trucking companies that expect to grow this year are unique in seven key ways in terms of how they recruit and retain good truck drivers.

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NewsAugust 3, 2012

CSA Revision Process a Start, but Flaws Remain

ARLINGTON, VA – In comments filed July 30, American Trucking Associations told the FMSCA that while it supports the agency's new process for improving its carrier oversight program CSA, the system still has serious deficiencies that must be corrected.

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NewsJuly 13, 2012

ATA Lauds Congress, Administration on Signing of Highway Bill

ARLINGTON, VA – American Trucking Associations (ATA) President and CEO Bill Graves offered his congratulations to congressional leaders and President Barack Obama after the long-delayed highway authorization bill was signed into law.

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NewsJune 29, 2012

Safety-Conscious Transportation Bill Hailed for Laying Foundation for Efficiency

ARLINGTON, VA – American Trucking Associations commended members of the House and Senate conference committee for their work in passing a safety-conscious highway bill that lays a solid foundation for addressing America's need for an efficient goods movement network.

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NewsJune 21, 2012

ATA Urges FMCSA to Preserve CSA's Original Goal

ARLINGTON, VA – In a white paper released on June 20, American Trucking Associations urged the FMCSA to remain committed to the goal of its Compliance, Safety, Accountability program: to reduce commercial motor vehicle crashes, injuries and fatalities

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NewsApril 13, 2012

Truck Driver Turnover Sees a Surprise Drop at end of 2011

ARLINGTON, VA -- After a year of quarterly increases, the turnover rate for truck drivers at large truckload fleets unexpectedly dipped one percentage point to an annualized rate of 88 percent, according to American Trucking Associations (ATA) Chief Economist Bob Costello.

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