24 Oct ATA Thanks Share the Road, America’s Road Team Program Sponsors and Supporters ORLANDO, Fla. — An estimated 1.2 billion people saw President Donald Trump sit in the cab of a Mack truck at the White House and speak with the driver in March — the logo of American Trucking Associations prominently displayed on the truck’s door — but what they didn’t know was that the truck was part of the Share the Road campaign. Read more...
24 Oct SmartWay Honors 10 ATA Members for Environmental Efforts ORLANDO, Fla. — Ten American Trucking Associations members received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay Excellence Award. The agency bestowed the honor here Oct. 23, during ATA’s Management Conference & Exhibition. Read more...
24 Oct Ready or Not, Driverless Technology Beginnings Already Here Some consumers say they are wary of a driverless car future, but a new survey says the beginnings of the technology which will power that future are already available on most new vehicle models and many consumers are willing to pay thousands of dollars for them. Read more...
24 Oct Jason Aldean Entertains Trucking Execs at Freightliner Dinner ORLANDO, Fla. — Country music star Jason Aldean was the surprise entertainment for trucking industry executives at the 2017 Freightliner Trucks customer appreciation dinner. Read more...
23 Oct Capitol Agenda for the Week of Oct. 23: Industry and Government at Work The collaboration between the trucking industry and federal regulators is bound to strengthen once the tenure of Ray Martinez at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration kicks off. Here's the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill. Read more...
23 Oct Multiemployer Pensions Thriving in Bull Market A pair of reports on the health of the multiemployer pension system are shedding light on healthy plans and how a proposal to bail out those in grave danger of collapsing would financially hit taxpayers. Read more...
23 Oct Diesel Rises 1 Cent to $2.797 Per Gallon The U.S. average retail price of diesel fuel increased 1 cent to $2.797 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported Oct. 23. Read more...
23 Oct Tax Reform First, Then Infrastructure, Chao Says ORLANDO, Fla. — The Trump administration’s multiyear infrastructure funding proposal to modernize freight corridors and commuter networks will be unveiled after Congress reforms the tax code, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said Oct. 23 at American Trucking Associations’ annual conference. Read more...
23 Oct Wyoming Road Sign Auction Yields $33,000 for Highway Repair The Wyoming Department of Transportation is placing the $33,005 it made from auctioning decommissioned road signs into its highway repair fund. Read more...
23 Oct Drones That Would Augment Truck Delivery Get Test Run in Las Vegas Drones could be routinely dropping packages out of the air as early as this December, just in time for the busy holiday season, if one company that demonstrated its technology recently in Las Vegas has its way Read more...