ATRI Issues Call for Motor Carriers to Participate in Annual Operational Costs Data Collection
Washington, D.C. – The American Transportation Research Institute today issued a request for motor carriers to participate in ATRI’s annual update to its Operational Costs of Trucking report. ATRI’s 15th annual Operational Costs of Trucking is one of the most used and most comprehensive benchmarking tools in the trucking industry. ATRI confidentially collects costs and […]
American Trucking Associations Hails Revised FHWA Priorities Memo
Reverses Guidance that Favored Maintenance and Non-Highway Spending Washington – The American Trucking Associations said a revised memo outlining the Federal Highway Administration’s priorities for states’ use of funds from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will reduce confusion and accelerate important investments in improving freight capacity. “As I told Congress earlier this month, FHWA’s […]
GOHS Awards $57,465 to the ATA Foundation for its Share the Road Program
Phoenix, AZ – The Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) has awarded the Arizona Trucking Association Foundation (ATA Foundation), formerly Arizona Transportation Education Foundation, $57,465 via grant funds for FY2023. The grant allows ATA Foundation to continue its mission to advocate for highway safety through its highly acclaimed “Share the Road” and “Teens and Trucks” […]
Nominations are open for the 2022 Safety Awards
Awards nominations for the 2022 Fleet Safety Awards, Driver of the Year and Safety Professional of the Year are open. The deadline to submit nominations is Friday, June 30, 2023. Don’t miss out on this opportunity. Download and submit your Safety Award Nomination Forms today! The awards will be announced at our October 2, 2023 […]
2023 Call on Washington
What is Call on Washington? ATA members join up at a central hotel in Washington and as a group, meet with individual members of Arizona’s Congressional delegation, heads of regulatory agencies and other officials to discuss business issues, as well as attend dinners and special events. Why should I go? No one knows our industry […]
New Study Shows Charging Infrastructure Challenges for Electric Vehicle Fleet
Arizona’s fleet would consume 40.2% of the current total power generated in the state. The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released a new report that assesses the infrastructure requirements for converting the U.S. vehicle fleet to battery electric. This analysis, a 2021 top priority of ATRI’s Research Advisory Committee, focused on three critical challenges for […]
Trucking Industry Thanks Congress for Their Swift Action to Avert Rail Strike
Washington – Today, the American Trucking Associations thanked Congress for its quick action to prevent a crippling strike by railroad workers. “The trucking industry thanks Congress for acting swiftly to prevent what could have been a disastrous rail strike,” said ATA President and CEO Chris Spear. “Trains move critical goods like hazardous materials and fuel […]
New Connecticut Highway Use Fee, effective January 1, 2023
As of January 1, 2023, a Highway Use Fee will be imposed on certain carriers for the privilege of operating, or causing to be operated, certain heavy, multi-unit motor vehicles on any highway (i.e., public road) in Connecticut. The Highway Use Fee is applicable to any person that operates or causes to be operated on any […]
Arizona Trucking Association Announces 2021 Safety Award Winners
Tolleson, AZ – The Arizona Trucking Association announced the Fleet and Safety Awards for 2021. The safety awards honor our dedicated professional drivers, our safest fleets, and the individuals — supervisors, managers, and maintenance technicians — all who play an important role in the continuous improvement of highway safety. The safety awards are some of […]
Arizona Department of Public Safety Recognized by National Trucking Industry Research Organization for Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Effectiveness
Tolleson, AZ – The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), the trucking industry’s not-for-profit research organization, has just released the update to its Crash Predictor Model, which statistically quantifies the likelihood of future crash involvement based on specific truck driving behaviors (e.g. prior crashes, violations and convictions). ATRI’s research draws on data from over 580,000 U.S. […]