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> The trucking industry exclusively serves 80 percent of all communities in the U.S. for the products and goods they receive.
> In 2006, commercial trucks consumed nearly 54 billion gallons of diesel fuel and gasoline.
> By 2018, the trucking industry will haul 70 percent of total U.S. freight tonnage.
> A one-penny increase in the price of diesel annualized over an entire year costs the trucking industry an additional $391 million a year.
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| House Energy Bill Raises Concerns from Trucking Industry | | While the trucking industry strongly supports efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make our country more energy independent, ATA has strong reservations with H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. Article Continued...
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| ATA Unveils Progressive New Highway Safety Agenda | |
 ATA unveiled a bold new 18-point highway safety agenda June 9 on Capitol Hill. Based on recommendations by ATA’s Safety Task Force, the newly adopted safety policies address commercial and passenger vehicle driver performance, safer vehicles and equipment, and motor carrier performance. Article Continued...
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| Surface Transportation Proposal Recognizes Critical Role of Freight | |
 The American Trucking Associations (ATA) applauds the leaders of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and its Highways and Transit Subcommittee for their efforts to develop a comprehensive transportation and infrastructure plan for the future. Article Continued...
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