2016 Management Conference & Exhibition

MCE Autonomous Trucking Panel: Audience Reactions

Audience members share their reactions and open questions after attending TT's MCE panel, "Autonomous Platooning and Trucking: How Soon? How Disruptive?" on Oct. 4, 2016, in Las Vegas. Read more at bit.ly/TTPanel1010

October 21, 2016

Autonomous Platooning and Trucking: How Soon? How Disruptive?

The complete presentation of Transport Topics' panel on "Autonomous Platooning and Trucking: How Soon? How Disruptive?" from the 2016 Management Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas, Oct. 4, 2016. Read more at bit.ly/TTPanel1010

October 21, 2016
BusinessTechnology

Carriers Must Leverage Technology, Data to Improve Profitability, Supplier Execs Say

LAS VEGAS — More trucking companies will become efficient and profitable if they embrace new technology and “big data” analysis of industry trends, two technology executives told an audience here Oct. 4 at American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition.

October 17, 2016
Business

ATA Gives Bill Graves a Rousing Send-Off at Special Opening Reception at MCE

LAS VEGAS — Several hundred truckers, friends and fellow American Trucking Associations employees gave former ATA President Bill Graves a rousing send-off here during a reception that marked the official opening of this year’s Management Conference & Exhibition.

October 10, 2016
EditorialBusiness

Editorial: The Future Is Here at MCE

It’s always fun and interesting to talk about the future. Imagining what it may look like and how it will shape our work and our lives.

October 10, 2016
Special CoverageBusiness

Kevin Burch Elected ATA Chairman as New Slate of Officers Announced

LAS VEGAS — American Trucking Associations' board of directors has elected Kevin Burch, president of Jet Express Inc. of Dayton, Ohio, as the federation’s 72nd chairman.

October 6, 2016
Special CoverageGovernmentBusiness

Spear Assails Speed-Limiter Proposal as 'Flawed'

LAS VEGAS — American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear sharply criticized a proposed federal speed-limiter rule for new heavy trucks as “flawed” largely because it would create differential speeds on the nation’s highways.

October 6, 2016
Special CoverageBusinessTechnology

Panelists Say Driverless Trucks Decades Away; Platooning Pairs Coming in 2017

LAS VEGAS — While driverless, heavy-duty trucks are being considered by accomplished people in technology development, that vision is decades away from reality. But what is coming soon are two-truck platoons, panelists here said.

October 6, 2016