ATA News Updates

Government, Business, Safety

ATA Launches Safety Spending Survey

American Trucking Associations is carrying out a safety spending survey and is seeking participants, it said.

June 9, 2023
Government, Business, Equipment

ATA’s Chris Spear Presses Excise Tax Repeal at Senate Hearing

WASHINGTON — Federal policymakers seeking to modernize freight industry vehicles should revisit efforts to repeal a long-standing excise tax on new trucks, the leader of American Trucking Associations told a Senate committee Feb. 15.

February 15, 2023
Government

ATA’s Chris Spear to Address Senate EPW Committee Feb. 15

The leader of American Trucking Associations will testify about fuel conditions across the surface transportation sector when he appears before a Senate panel Feb. 15. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

February 13, 2023
Business, Logistics, Breaking News

November Tonnage Increases Year-Over-Year, but Declines From October

Truck tonnage inched up year-over-year in November, but for the second consecutive time declined on a month-to-month basis amid a tepid seasonal environment, American Trucking Associations said with the release of its monthly For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index.

December 20, 2022
Business, Safety

ATA’s Newly Formed Women In Motion Program Pursues Safer Truck Parking

Already backing safer truck parking in Congress, the new Women In Motion initiative is taking action within days of forming to improve the working environment for women in trucking.

July 20, 2022
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

ATA's Chris Spear Touts Issues-First Approach to Infrastructure Bill

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear praised the bipartisan work that carried a federal infrastructure package across the finish line, and stressed that his group will always put issues ahead of politics

June 15, 2022
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Logistics

ATA’s Chris Spear Touts Efforts to Address Parking, Training at Mid-Year Session

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear said the group’s recently completed Mid-Year Management Session tackled key issues facing the industry, but stressed that much work remains to address the biggest challenges confronting motor carriers.

May 19, 2022
Government, Business, Fuel

ATA Urges Biden to Increase Oil, Natural Gas Production

American Trucking Associations, in a letter sent to the White House, is urging the Biden administration to expand domestic oil and natural gas production.

March 10, 2022
Government, Business, Safety

ATA President Spear Gives Inside Look at Supreme Court Win

American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear in an exclusive interview for Transport Topics’ Newsmakers series shared behind-the scenes details on ATA’s decision to lead a challenge to the Biden administration’s proposed vaccine mandate for large companies.

February 25, 2022
Government, Business

How ATA Stopped the Vaccine Mandate

Join TT’s Dan Ronan as he interviews ATA President Chris Spear and gets a behind-the-scenes look at how ATA took the industry’s case against the vaccine-or-test mandate all the way to the Supreme Court – and won.

February 11, 2022