The American Trucking Associations’ annual Management Conference and Exhibition is taking place this week in Philadelphia. In addition to the bevy of news items stemming from the show this week, attendees also heard a state of the industry address from ATA President and CEO Bill Graves, along with an address from the head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Scott Darling.
Here’s a summary of both speakers’ remarks, with links to full coverage on Overdrive sister site CCJ:
Darling: FMCSA wants 2016 to be ‘a year of partnerships’ for agency, industry
#FMCSA's Darling: Unsafe drivers hurt "our industry and our economy." #MCE2015 pic.twitter.com/wo7QpHHhcG
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Scott Darling, acting and presidentially nominated administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, told ATA attendees he’s looking for 2016 to be a “year of partnerships” between FMCSA and the carriers and drivers it regulates.
