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Investing in Highways Will Improve Freight Movement, Global Competitiveness
The federal government must provide the leadership and resources necessary to facilitate the safe and efficient movement of goods on the nation’s highway system, ATA Senior Vice President Tim Lynch told Congress March 16. (
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ATA Urges Congress to Support of ‘Jason’s Law’
ATA strongly encourages Congress to pass “Jason’s Law” to address shortages in safe parking for commercial motor vehicles on the National Highway System, said ATA Senior Vice President Dave Osiecki during a Capitol Hill press conference, March 16. (
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NY/NJ Clean Trucks Plan Launches Without Owner-Operator Ban
The program focuses on reducing truck pollution through retirement of older diesel engines and not on unrelated and unnecessary requirements or banning owner-operator truck drivers from hauling freight at the port. (
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ATA Encourages Responses to New Survey Related to Hours of Service
ATA has commissioned the American Transportation Research Institute to collect and analyze motor carrier safety and operational data to help inform the upcoming hours-of-service rulemaking process. (
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New Study Reveals Economic Consequences of Continuing Restrictions on Domestic Energy Exploration
America’s reliance on foreign energy will grow by 19 percent over the next 20 years, expanding the transfer of U.S. wealth to OPEC by more than $600 billion, according to a report by the National Association of Regulatory Utility. (
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ATA Member Carrier Gordon Trucking Helps Find Missing Children
ATA member carrier Gordon Trucking Inc. has cooperated with the Washington State Patrol to help find missing or abducted children since 2006, through a program called Homeward Bound. (
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ATA Tells Congress Energy Commodity Markets Need Greater Oversight
ATA told Congress Feb. 3 that the federal government must ensure the transparency of energy commodity derivatives markets and establish aggregate position limits across trading platforms. (
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ATA Joins Suit Challenging California Low Carbon Fuel Standard
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) joined petroleum refiners and other end-users Feb. 2 in a legal challenge to California's recently enacted low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS). (
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ATA Applauds DOT Ban on Text Messaging by Commercial Drivers
American Trucking Associations (ATA) President and CEO Bill Graves joined Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today as LaHood announced a ban on text messaging by drivers of commercial vehicles. (
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ATA Chairmen Tell FMCSA That HOS Rules are Safe
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) told the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) that the trucking industry has seen a large decline in the truck-involved fatality rate since the current Hours of Service (HOS) rules took effect. (
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Complete listing of reopened Virginia Safety Rest Areas
Virginia's Commonwealth Transportation Board will begin reopening 19 safety rest areas and welcome centers closed in 2009. All areas will reopen by April 15. (
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ATA, VTA Praise Virginia Gov. McDonnell’s Move to Reopen Safety Rest Areas
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) and the Virginia Trucking Association (VTA) commend Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s leading of the Commonwealth Transportation Board to begin reopening 19 safety rest areas and welcome centers. (
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Truck-Involved Fatality Rate Declines 12.3 Percent in 2008
The truck-involved fatality rate in 2008 declined 12.3 percent to 1.86 per 100 million miles from 2.12 per 100 million miles in 2007. This decline marks the largest year-to-year drop ever and the fifth consecutive year the fatality rate has improved. (
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ATA Tells FMCSA: No Basis for Shortening Hours of Service
ATA representatives and other trucking industry speakers gave the FMCSA a clear message on Jan. 19: “The current Hours of Service (HOS) rules are working. Retain them but add flexibility to the sleeper berth provision.” (
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ATA Files Suit Seeking HOS Supporting Documents Regulation
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit asking it to compel the U.S. DOT to issue a long-overdue hours-of-service supporting documents regulation. (
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NHTSA Should Focus Highway Safety Resources on Driver Behavior
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) encouraged the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to focus on driver behavior as a top safety priority in its 2010-2015 Strategic Plan. (
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FMCSA Could Reconsider Current Hours-of-Service Rules
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued a press release Jan. 4 announcing four “public listening sessions” on their potential revisions to the hours-of-service (HOS) rules. (
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Congress Turns to Transportation Infrastructure, Job Creation
Amid talks over healthcare reform and climate change legislation, Congress plans to take several steps in the upcoming weeks to keep highway funding flowing to states and to prop up the economy through infrastructure investment. (
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Increasing Truck Size, Weight Benefits U.S. Productivity
Increasing allowable truck size and weight limits on our Interstate Highways will benefit our nation's economic productivity, reduce emissions, and improve safety. (
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Build Highways to Rebuild Economy, ATA Official Tells President Obama
Investing in highways is the quickest, most efficient way to create jobs and restore the economy, American Trucking Associations Past Chairman Charles "Shorty" Whittington told President Obama Dec. 3 at the National Jobs Summit. (
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America’s Road Team Captains Urge Drivers to Focus on Safety During Thanksgiving Trips
The American Trucking Association’s America’s Road Team Captains are helping to make our roads safer this Thanksgiving. These million-mile accident-free professional truck drivers have provided driving tips to help you arrive at your destination safely. (
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Wetlines Retrofit Requirement Unnecessary and Dangerous
Requiring tank trucks to purge excess fuel from the external product piping, or wetlines, will not improve the safe transport of flammable liquids and is dangerous to technicians that install the purging technology, ATA First Vice Chair Barbara Windsor... (
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Climate Change Legislation Will Increase Diesel Prices, Hurt Consumers
ATA First Vice Chair Barbara Windsor told the Senate EPW Committee on Oct. 29 that the current cap-and-trade proposal will increase the price and volatility of diesel fuel for the trucking industry without significantly reducing carbon emissions. (
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ATA Testifies on the Dangers of Distracted Driving
Con-way Inc. Vice President of Government Affairs Randy Mullett told Congress on Oct. 29 that America needs strong laws and a systematic approach to make the use of hand-held electronic devices while driving socially unacceptable. (
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FMCSA to Reconsider Current HOS Regulations
On October 26, 2009, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) entered into a settlement with the organizations challenging FMCSA’s current hours-of-service rule. (
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