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SAN DIEGO — Congressional efforts to limit the federal government’s involvement in large-scale infrastructure projects would fracture the country’s vast and intricate transportation network, said Chris Spear, American Trucking Associations’ chief of legislative affairs.

SAN DIEGO — Bill Graves, president and CEO of American Trucking Associations, announced on Oct. 6 he would continue to serve as the federation's president and CEO through December 2016.

SAN DIEGO — Bill Graves, the two-term governor of Kansas who has led American Trucking Associations for more than a decade, pledged to industry executives on Oct. 6 that his team will continue to fight tougher rules the Obama administration has implemented on drivers’ work hours and safety performance.

SAN DIEGO — Having attended MC&Es for a quarter of a century, Duane Long said he is ready on Oct. 7 to step into the top position at American Trucking Associations — the chairmanship.

SAN DIEGO — Kendra Hems, president of the New York State Motor Truck Association, received the Trucking Association Executives Council Leadership Award from American Trucking Associations.

SAN DIEGO — The vast majority of people surveyed in a recent poll said they believe truck drivers are safer than everyday car drivers.

SAN DIEGO — Truckload carriers have entered into a rare window of opportunity for addressing the long-bedeviling problem of the driver shortage — as long as they can muscle shippers into paying higher rates.

SAN DIEGO — The hours-of-service rule once again topped the American Transportation Research Institute’s annual survey of critical issues facing the trucking industry, while several driver-focused concerns moved higher up the 2014 list.