ATA urges Congress to address trucking’s needs
The American Trucking Associations on Wednesday, May 23, asked members of the conference committee currently negotiating on the highway bill to address several issues of importance to the trucking industry. “The trucking industry has consistently delivered ...
ATA calls for CSA changes
The American Trucking Associations’ board of directors on Tuesday, May 22, called on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to make changes to its Compliance Safety Accountability safety-monitoring system. “From the outset, ATA has supported FMCSA’s ...
Monthly tonnage index down 1.1%, up year over year
The American Trucking Associations on Tuesday, May 24, announced that its advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 1.1 percent in April after increasing 0.6 percent in March. The latest drop put the adjusted ...
Congress starts work to pass highway bill
House-Senate conferees have started work to pass the first multi-year surface transportation reauthorization legislation in seven years. Forty-seven conference members met for the first time May 8 to begin the compromise process between House and Senate ...
FMCSA posts strategic plan
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Wednesday, May 9, published on its website the final version of its “2012-2016 Strategic Plan: Preventing Crashes … Saving Lives,” a document the agency says presents a new ...
Association promotes bill favorable to contractor status
Managing Partner Greg Feary of the Indianapolis-based Scopelitis Garvin Light Hanson & Feary law practice said a bill favorable to independent contractor status for leased owner-operators in trucking is being advocated in Ohio by the ...
Trucking still dominant, says ATA
Trucking continues to be the dominant mode of freight transportation and an integral part of the U.S. economy, according to the American Trucking Association’s 2012 edition of its American Trucking Trends, which ...
Driver turnover decreases slightly in fourth quarter
After a year of quarterly increases, the turnover rate for truck drivers at large truckload fleets dipped one percentage point to an annualized rate of 88 percent, the American Trucking ...
CSA'S DATA TRAIL
Inconsistent enforcement: CSA vs. the independent
In the two years since CSA's advent, the smallest carriers have had a much greater chance of getting inspected and put out of service than drivers and trucks of the largest carriers.
Staying ahead of the inspectors
Who’s keeping score: CSA ranking tool for drivers
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