ATA News Updates

Business

Truck-Involved Highway Fatality Rate Falls to Record Low

The rate of highway fatalities from accidents involving large trucks fell 14.1% to the lowest level on record, according to an American Trucking Associations analysis of Department of Transportation data.

April 12, 2011
Business

Traffic Deaths Drop 3% to Record Low

U.S. traffic deaths fell 3% last year to the lowest level on record, even as vehicle miles traveled rose, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported Friday.

April 1, 2011
Business

ATA Hires McNally as VP of Communications

American Trucking Associations last week named Sean McNally as its new vice president of communications and press secretary.

February 14, 2011
PerspectiveBusiness

Opinion: Trucking Is Up to the Challenge!

The most important near-term component of our campaign to retain the current hours of service rules is industry involvement.

February 4, 2011
Business

Xata Reports Smaller Loss in Fiscal 1Q

Transportation software firm Xata Corp. said it lost $120,000, or 1 cent per share, in its fiscal first quarter, compared with a loss of $1.7 million, or 20 cents, a year earlier.

February 2, 2011
Business

Estes Executive Appointed to Va. Transportation Safety Board

Curtis Carr, vice president of safety and risk management for Estes Express Lines in Richmond, Va., has been appointed to that state’s Board of Transportation Safety by Gov. Bob McDonnell.

January 18, 2011
Business

ATA Senior Vice President David Barefoot Retires

David Barefoot, American Trucking Associations senior vice president and chief operating officer, has retired after 12 years of service to the federation.

January 17, 2011
GovernmentBusiness

U.S. Lags in Reducing Traffic Fatalities, Report Says

The U.S. has fallen behind other high income nations in reducing traffic fatalities and injuries, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Research Council, which studied accident data in the U.S. and 15 other countries.

November 16, 2010
Business

Xata Reports Profit in Fiscal 4Q, Loss in Year

Transportation software firm Xata Corp. said it earned $60,000, or zero cents per share, in its fiscal fourth quarter, compared with a loss of $1.6 million, or 19 cents, a year ago.

November 4, 2010
Business

ATA Seeks Financial Support for Capitol Hill Office

PHOENIX — To pay down some of the debt incurred to build its new Capitol Hill office complex, American Trucking Associations is offering members the chance to purchase commemorative pavers on the building’s rooftop patio.

October 25, 2010