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Detention study thorough, but meaningful change proves elusive
One in five small carriers don’t even charge detention, using brokers that don’t try to collect it, and believe not billing it gives them a competitive edge.
September 26, 2019
Business
In ATRI survey, drivers report longer, more frequent detention at shippers/receivers
Respondents to the study indicated that more than a quarter of their dwell times within the year leading up to taking the survey lasted two or more hours, with 9.3% of delays lasting six or more hours. Both of these are increases from 2014, according to ATRI’s numbers.
September 4, 2019
Business
ATRI seeks driver input on top issues facing trucking industry
The American Transportation Research Institute is once again asking truck drivers and fleets to rank the top issues of concern in the industry for the group’s 2019 Top Industry Issues Survey. ATRI’s annual analysis ranks the issues overall and provides details on where critical topics are ranked differently by carriers and drivers.
July 29, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
More hopes and hazards: ELD data aggregation for advocacy, predictive maintenance, other uses
Some research organizations and even ELD providers are using aggregate ELD data to advocate for regulatory change or other industry purposes. Other providers are building potentially powerful predictive tools around maintenance, both of users’ trucks and the roads they operate on.
June 26, 2019
Business
ATRI seeking owner-op input on cost of doing business
Among the information ATRI is seeking for its annual Operational Costs of Trucking report is driver pay, fuel costs, insurance premiums and lease and purchase payments. Carriers are also asked to provide full-year 2018 cost per mile or cost per hour data.
April 24, 2019
Parking
ATRI seeking trucker input on truck parking information systems
The data collection from truckers is part of ATRI’s 2019 top priority research topic to standardize truck parking information systems based on driver preferences. The group is looking for information on drivers’ preferred data formats and delivery mechanisms for truck parking information.
April 9, 2019
Business
Study finds improving worst bottlenecks would save millions in fuel, reduce emissions
Previous research by the group found that 89 percent of the industry’s congestion costs stem from just 12 percent of interstate highway miles. The new study, part of ATRI’s “Fixing the 12%” research initiative, focuses on how reducing congestion on those miles could cut costs for trucking companies.
March 6, 2019
Business
George Washington Bridge leads 10 most congested freight bottlenecks in U.S.
Check out American Transportation Research Institute’s updated 2019 Top Truck Bottleneck List and see how traffic congestion impacts trucking on Overdrive.
February 12, 2019
Business
ATRI updates list of idling regulations
The list comes in two forms – an online compendium with detailed information and links to each of the 65 state and local regulations the group identified and a cab card with a consolidated listing of the regulations.
January 10, 2019
Parking
National truck-parking coalition releases working-group resource materials
Regardless of just where parking needs are greatest, in the wake of Jason’s Law and ongoing organization around the nation to address them, “today’s shortage of truck parking capacity is a national safety concern” — new resources from coalition working groups offer tools to current and would-be advocates, governments, planners and more.
December 11, 2018
Channel 19
Better ‘pay would solve most’ critical issues: Readers’ priorities show variation from, similarity to recent rankings
While “the economy” does figure as a critical issue year-in year-out in the annual ATRI “critical issues” rankings, issues of adequate driver compensation — and rates for independent truckers — don’t command the same direct attention. All the same, as one reader noted, better “pay would solve most” problems.
November 16, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
ATRI looking to create database of ELD data, soliciting participants
The American Transportation Research Institute, a non-profit research arm of ATA, announced Wednesday it is looking for fleets and owner-operators to share logging data from their ELDs in hopes of creating a database. The group says the data will be kept anonymous.
October 24, 2018
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