| Press Releases | | 5/22/2012 12:00 PM | The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 1.1% in April after increasing 0.6% in March. (March’s gain was more than the preliminary 0.2% increase ATA reported on April 24.) | No |
| Press Releases | | 5/9/2012 4:00 PM | The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) today released findings from the first phase of a three-part research effort aimed at mitigating costly large truck rollovers. ATRI’s first phase produced a database of locations with the highest | No |
| Press Releases | | 5/9/2012 10:00 AM | Today, American Trucking Associations announced it has added Health-eScreen™, a new suite of medical services from eScreen that provides nationwide driver health services and physical exam administration through a completely paperless process, to its | No |
| Press Releases | | 5/7/2012 11:00 AM | In a letter sent to members of the House and Senate currently negotiating the highway bill in conference, American Trucking Associations, along with several other industry and advocacy groups, urged the retention of the Senate’s proposed mandate for elect | No |
| Press Releases | | 4/25/2012 2:00 PM | American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves today called on members of the upcoming conference committee on the surface transportation bill to do the right thing for driver and highway safety and require motor carriers use electronic | No |
| Press Releases | | 4/24/2012 11:00 AM | The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 0.2% in March after increasing 0.5% in February. (February’s rise was unchanged from the preliminary gain we reported on March 27th.) | No |
| Press Releases | | 4/18/2012 10:00 AM | Today in testimony before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, NFI Chief Financial Officer Steve Grabell warned that rapidly increasing toll rates, as well as the spread of tolls across the transportation system, are a threat | No |
| Press Releases | | 4/17/2012 10:00 AM | The release of the 2012 edition of ATA American Trucking Trends by American Trucking Associations, now available for sale through ATA Business Solutions, shows that trucking continues to be the dominant mode of freight transportation and an integral part | No |
| Press Releases | | 4/11/2012 10:00 AM | 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% American Trucking Associations Chief Economist Bob Costello said toda | No |
| Press Releases | | 4/3/2012 2:00 PM | American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves called on Congress to swiftly adopt a proposal introduced by Reps. Jim Gerlach (R-Penn.) and Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) to repeal the 12% federal excise tax on large trucks and replace it with | No |
| Press Releases | | 3/28/2012 10:00 AM | New research released this week by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration confirms the clear safety benefits of using technology to electronically govern and limit the top speed of commercial trucks. | No |
| Press Releases | | 3/27/2012 11:00 AM | The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 0.5% in February after falling 4.6% in January. (January’s decrease was more than the preliminary 4% drop we reported on February 28th.) | No |
| Press Releases | | 3/21/2012 10:00 AM | American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves today reiterated ATA’s support of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Compliance Safety Accountability motor carrier oversight program while calling on FMCSA to address a list | No |
| Press Releases | | 3/20/2012 10:00 AM | American Trucking Associations’ leaders expressed serious concern over the recent decision by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, after pressure from anti-truck groups, to continue to hold the trucking industry responsible in its CSA program | No |
| Press Releases | | 3/15/2012 1:00 PM | Today, in a filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, American Trucking Associations identified four areas where the Obama administration’s recent hours-of-service rule falls short of legal standards for regulatory change | No |
| Press Releases | | 3/14/2012 1:00 PM | American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves issued the following statement today congratulating the Senate for passing an historic, long-term highway bill, and urged the House to quickly follow suit: | No |
| Press Releases | | 3/8/2012 2:00 PM | Today, American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves proudly welcomed Alcoa Wheel and Transportation Products as the federation's newest allied member. | No |
| Press Releases | | 2/29/2012 2:00 PM | Lee Long, director of maintenance for Southeastern Freight Lines, Columbia, S.C., was installed as the 2012-2013 general chairman and treasurer of the Technology & Maintenance Council, a technical council of American Trucking Associations, during TMC’s 20 | No |
| Press Releases | | 2/28/2012 3:00 PM | American Trucking Associations filed an amicus brief February 24 with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in support of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s defense of electronic logging devices. | No |
| Press Releases | | 2/28/2012 12:00 PM | The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 4.0% in January after surging 6.4% in December 2011. The latest contraction put the SA index at 119.4 (2000=100), down from December’s record level | No |
| Press Releases | | 2/14/2012 10:00 AM | Today, American Trucking Associations filed a petition with the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia asking the court to review the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s recently published final rule changing | No |
| Press Releases | | 2/9/2012 10:00 AM | Today, American Trucking Associations proudly welcomed Great Dane Trailers as an allied member. | No |
| Press Releases | | 2/8/2012 3:00 PM | On the eve of Senate floor action on the highway bill, American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves urged leaders in Congress to seek common ground as they work to pass the long overdue legislation. | No |
| Press Releases | | 2/3/2012 12:00 PM | American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves issued the following statement after the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved its long overdue surface transportation bill: | No |
| Press Releases | | 1/31/2012 3:00 PM | Leaders of American Trucking Associations praised Chairman John Mica, and other House leaders, for their work to craft a surface transportation bill that will not only make needed improvements to our nation’s highway system, but will also make that system | No |
| Press Releases | | 1/30/2012 12:00 PM | Today, American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves announced a pair of personnel moves: the promotion of Prasad Sharma to senior vice president and general counsel and the hiring of Richard Pianka as the association’s new vice president | No |
| Press Releases | | 1/25/2012 12:00 PM | Following President Obama’s State of the Union address, ATA President and CEO Bill Graves said the administration and Congress need to focus on finding real money. | No |
| Press Releases | | 1/24/2012 12:00 PM | The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index jumped 6.8% in December after rising 0.3% in November 2011. The latest gain put the SA index at 124.5 (2000=100) in December, up from the November | No |
| Press Releases | | 1/13/2012 12:00 PM | American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves, on behalf of the industry, today expressed their condolences and sympathy for the family of Donald Schneider, chairman emeritus and former president and CEO of Schneider National Inc., followin | No |
| Press Releases | | 12/22/2011 3:00 PM | Today, ATA leaders expressed their frustration and disappointment the Obama administration issued an unjustified final rule governing HOS. | Yes |