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NTSB Urges Greater Attention to Truck Maintenance Issues
WASHINGTON 鈥 Trucking companies with poor safety records should redouble their maintenance efforts and pay particular attention to brake systems, the acting chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board said.
February 16, 2015Crash Death Rate Declines
Large trucks traveled nearly 6 billion more miles on U.S. roads in 2013 than in 2012, and did so with greater safety results, according to American Trucking Associations鈥 calculations of federal data.
February 9, 2015Truck Fatal Crash Rate Declines 1.6%, Says ATA of Federal Data
Despite a 0.5% rise in the number of large truck-involved crash fatalities in 2013, the actual truck-involved crash fatality rate declined by 1.6% in 2013, according to American Trucking Associations'聽calculations of Federal Highway Administration data.
February 2, 20153Q Turnover Remains High Despite Gains in Driver Pay
Truckload fleets were unable to gain ground in the long-running battle to control driver turnover during the third quarter, despite raising pay at a record pace, American Trucking Associations reported last week.
February 2, 2015FMCSA Should Shift Focus to Crash Causes, Industry Exec Tells Senators
聽The general counsel for one of the nation鈥檚 largest trucking聽companies told a Senate panel that to reinforce the recent reduction in truck crashes the federal government must redirect its safety efforts to address the primary causes.
January 29, 2015Fierce Snowstorm Still Stalling Freight in New England; N.Y., N.J. Open Roads
New York and New Jersey have reopened their roads, but freight traffic was stalled in upper New England as snow continued to fall farther north in聽Massachusetts and Maine and trucks were forced to layover in states to the south and west.
January 27, 2015Driver Turnover Continues at Elevated Levels, ATA Says
Driver turnover remained at elevated levels for truckload fleets of all sizes, inching up one percentage point to 97% at larger carriers and remaining at 94% at smaller fleets, American Trucking Associations reported.
January 28, 2015Improvements to Trucking, Freight Corridors a Top Priority This Year, Shuster Says
Rep. Bill Shuster, the top transportation policy writer in the House, said modernizing freight corridors to help trucks and other modes of transportation improve the way they deliver goods will be a main focus of his committee this year.
January 27, 2015Key Senate Subcommittee to Examine Transportation Connectivity
An influential Senate panel that oversees truck safety issues is scheduled to meet Jan. 29 to gather input from industry leaders about ways to improve transportation connectivity around the country.
January 26, 2015