ICYMI: ATA’s Tony Bradley discusses the gas tax and transportation funding
Gas Tax Airdate: 2015-09-17 Visit the Web site > Different polling shows either majority support or opposition to increasing the gasoline tax for infrastructure improvements. We’ll have a discussion on the concept of raising the tax with Tony Bradley, president and CEO of the Arizona Trucking Association, and Michael Hunter, vice president for state and […]
ADOT: Beware of fraudulent ‘DMV’ websites and misleading advertising
ServiceArizona.com is the only official website for Arizona motor vehicle services PHOENIX – Many motor vehicle services can be performed online nowadays. Unfortunately, scam artists, misrepresenting themselves as official motor vehicle division entities, are using the Internet to take a customer’s money and personal information. The Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division wants […]
CVSA’s 2015 Operation Safe Driver Week is October 18-24
Greenbelt, Maryland (Aug. 31, 2015) – During the week of Oct. 18-24, 2015, law enforcement agencies throughout North America will engage in heightened traffic safety enforcement and education aimed at unsafe driving behaviors by both commercial motor vehicle drivers and car drivers as part of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) Operation Safe Driver Week. […]
Truckload Carriers Association to Sponsor Free Driver Health Fairs on September 15th
Professional truck drivers are encouraged to stop by select TA/Petro locations to get help on getting more healthy and fit ALEXANDRIA, Va. – For the fifth year, Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) will sponsor free driver health fairs at select TravelCenters of America/Petro Stopping Centers (TA/Petro), nationwide. The events take place as part of National Truck […]
CALL FOR ATA ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Chairman Bart Wilson (On Time Express, Inc.) and the Board of Directors have called Arizona Trucking Association’s annual membership meeting for 2 PM Thursday, October. 1, at the Westin La Paloma, Tucson AZ. All members are encouraged to attend the meeting even if they are not attending the Leadership Conference. The annual conference begins with […]
Poll: Most Americans back 10-cent gas tax hike
By Keith Laing, The Hill Seventy-one percent of U.S. residents would support a 10-cent increase in the 18.4 cents-per-gallon gas tax that is used to pay for federal transportation projects, according to a new poll released this week. The survey, conducted by the San Jose, Calif.-based Mineta Transportation Institute, comes as lawmakers are facing an […]
Kickoff for Accelerate Arizona Roadshow
Accelerate Arizona is hitting the road! With Congress struggling to pass a long-term highway funding bill and Arizona’s Highway Users Revenue Fund (HURF) facing a shortfall, the business community is coming together to support a properly funded transportation system. The Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry in collaboration with local chambers and trade associations have […]
Arizona’s Eric Ramsdell wins 1st place at the 2015 National Truck Driving Grand Championships
Congratulations to Eric Ramsdell, Walmart Transportation, Buckeye, AZ for winning 1st place in the 5-Axle class this year at the National Truck Driving and Step Van Competition hosted by the American Trucking Associations. This year’s NTDC featured 431 competitors from all 50 states, representing 85 different companies. Together, these champions of safety have driven more […]
420 Professional Truck Drivers Head to National Truck Driving Championships
Arlington, Va. — 420 professional truck drivers will arrive in St. Louis today to compete in the National Truck Driving Championships at America’s Center Convention Complex & Edward Jones Dome Center. These elite drivers earned their way to compete in the “Superbowl of Safety” after winning their title earlier this summer at the state level. […]
Trucking industry on losing end of I-10 bridge shutdown
LA Times Czeslaw Pasionek was about five miles from the Chiriaco Summit exit near the top of a hill when traffic on Interstate 10 started to slow. The eastbound bridge near Desert Center had collapsed, the casualty of Sunday’s flash floods. It would take the ABF Freight System Inc. driver almost two hours to turn […]