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Driver Pay Rose in 2021, ATA Survey Finds

Truck drivers saw their pay increase in 2021 — some significantly — according to a new study from American Trucking Associations.

August 10, 2022
BusinessSafety

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
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

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
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyLogistics

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
GovernmentBusinessFuel

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
GovernmentBusinessSafety

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
GovernmentBusiness

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
BusinessSafety

ATA Selects 22 Drivers as New Road Team Class

An immigrant from India, a former Marine and a grandmother joined an elite team of 22 professional truck drivers to make up the 2022-23 America’s Road Team Captains.

January 19, 2022
GovernmentSafetyAutonomous

ATA Presses USDOT for AV Industry Guidance

Facilitating the deployment of autonomous vehicle technologies in trucking is among the policies American Trucking Associations called on the U.S. Department of Transportation to adopt.

January 5, 2022
GovernmentBusinessSafety

ATA Leadership: 2021 Brought Trucking Several Key Victories

The trucking industry will look back on 2021 as a year of important victories for infrastructure improvement and workforce development, and now can look ahead to the opportunities those victories present, leaders from American Trucking Associations said.

December 21, 2021