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LAS VEGAS — American Trucking Associations honored America's Road Team and the Share the Road program members for their continued safe driving on the nation's highways and dedication to educating other drivers about how to do so the same.

LAS VEGAS — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded 43 fleets with the SmartWay Excellence Awards for working together to cut carbon pollution at the Management Conference & Exhibition here on Oct. 3.

LAS VEGAS — Brenda Neville, president of the Iowa Motor Truck Association, received the 15th annual Trucking Association Executives Council Leadership Award from American Trucking Associations at the Management Conference & Exhibition on Oct. 3.

LAS VEGAS — American Trucking Associations' Management Conference & Exhibition exhibit hall, which opened Oct. 2, drew 170 exhibitors, of whom 45, or 26%, were at the event for the first time. Watch video of ribbon-cutting ceremony.

LAS VEGAS — The low-growth U.S. economy remains durably in place and will probably continue plodding on as business leaders are hesitant to make the sort of investments that would boost gross domestic product, in general, and truck freight volumes, specifically.

LAS VEGAS — The fourth class of American Trucking Associations’ executive leadership program was announced Oct. 2 during the association’s annual Management Conference & Exhibition. Fifteen men make up the 2017 LEAD ATA Class.

LAS VEGAS  — Wal-Mart’s Charles “Mike” White and FedEx Freight’s Eric Vos, the winners of the National Truck Driving Championships and TMC SuperTech National Technician Skills Competition, respectively, were honored Oct. 2 by American Trucking Associations as part of the annual Management Conference & Exhibition.

LAS VEGAS — Lytx Inc. announced a new platform that provides “always-on” video from multiple cameras around the vehicle to help fleets monitor their operations.

LAS VEGAS — Data mining software provider Vigillo on Oct. 2 announced a partnership with J.J. Keller & Associates Inc. to pair unsafe driver behavior data with the assignment of appropriate training.

LAS VEGAS — B.R. Williams Trucking Chairman Greg Brown was honored on Oct. 2 with the Rocque Dameo Award for service as an American Trucking Associations state vice president in Alabama.