The U.S. economy is poised for significant expansion for the first time since the great recession, according to American Trucking Associations鈥� Chief Economist Bob Costello. But a growing economy could constrain truck capacity.
06-19-2014 Despite significantly increasing federal spending for transportation, President Obama鈥檚 budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2015 came under fire from industry trade groups that said it lacked real funding solutions and took a misguided approach to transportation planning.
03-07-2014 As carriers and shippers navigated the weak economy, they worked to increase efficiencies. For some this meant shifting distribution patterns, while for others it meant turning to intermodal and private […]
03-01-2014 In another victory for NATSO, American Trucking Associations (ATA) and the No Tolls I-95 Coalition, a North Carolina technical corrections bill signed by Gov. Pat McCrory further strengthens the state transportation law that limited the state’s ability to toll existing interstates. N.C. House Bill 92 expressly prohibits the tolling of existing lanes.
08-26-2013 The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), the research arm of the American Trucking Associations, recently announced that it is working with several groups to develop a national truck parking reservation system that allows drivers and fleets to check on parking availability along an interstate corridor in real time using wireless devices.
04-29-2013 As Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) signed the state’s landmark transportation legislation which imposes new wholesale sales taxes on gas and diesel, the governor’s press secretary said the state would withdraw the application to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to toll Interstate 95.
04-08-2013 House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) said last week that an increase in the federal fuel tax could be included in a broader tax reform package.
03-25-2013 Representatives Michael Michaud (D-Maine) and Reid Ribble (R-Wisc.) recently introduced H.R. 612 the Safe and Efficient Transportation Act of 2013, which would allow longer and heavier trucks on the National Highway System.
03-04-2013 The Virginia General Assembly on Saturday approved landmark transportation legislation, which includes a provision to require legislative approval on tolls on I-95 south of Fredericksburg, a major victory for NATSO, the American Trucking Associations and
02-25-2013 The American Trucking Associations鈥� advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 2.9 percent in January after jumping 2.4 percent in December. Tonnage has surged at least 2.4 percent every month since November, gaining a total of 9.1 percent over that period. Seasonally adjusted data takes into account items such as weather, increased factory production for certain times of the year, harvests and back-to-school sales.
02-25-2013 The American Trucking Associations (ATA) asked the federal government to delay implementing changes to the hours-of-service regulations until three months after the group鈥檚 current legal challenge ends.
02-11-2013