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Bills meant to expand access to truck parking as well as enhance the safety of the nation’s pipeline system await consideration in the transportation policy and funding panels.

The 51-47 vote, which included four Republicans, highlights economic anxiety over President Trump's tariff regime. The votes are the clearest sign yet of growing Republican unrest.

The trucking industry has been facing surging unfavorable verdicts and insurance costs as biases and policies drive up costs beyond economic reality, according to a panel of experts.

ATA President Chris Spear emphasized the federation's active role in this year’s regulatory changes, including in a meeting with then-presidential candidate Donald Trump last summer.

“We have achieved our goal, to make sure that conversation starts with the American people, and with their elected officials, and my goodness, it’s started all right,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford said.

Trump had set a Nov. 1 deadline to raise the fentanyl-related tariffs he imposed on certain Mexican goods to 30% from 25%. The levies apply to products that are not protected by the USMCA.

Groendyke Transport CEO Greg Hodgen on Oct. 28 became the 81st chairman of American Trucking Associations. He wants to spotlight the environmental and safety gains trucking has made.

Americans depend on trucking, but for the third straight year, tonnage is stuck in neutral, and to continue to weather this slump, we must stick together, writes ATA President Chris Spear.

Paccar expects to seize a bigger U.S. heavy-duty truck market share once the Section 232 import tariffs on medium- and heavy-duty trucks and parts go live Nov. 1.

"September’s tonnage level was essentially the same as in September 2023, underscoring the tough freight market over the last few years,” said ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello.