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As officers of American Trucking Associations, we are tasked with guiding the professional management of ATA and representing ATA at our federation partners’ meetings and industry events. In recent years, we also have assigned an officer as steward of ATA’s most prominent and important programs. For example, First Vice Chairman Kevin Burch has overseen our industry image movement, Trucking Moves America Forward, while Second Vice Chairman Dave Manning is our officer contact for LEAD ATA, our emerging leaders program. As part of this effort, I have the honor to be the officer serving as liaison to the ATA Technology & Maintenance Council, or TMC.

By the time you read this, a new grand champion will have been crowned at the National Truck Driving Championships in Indianapolis.

The Federal Aviation Administration — and airports by extension — have missed out on as much as $2 billion in funding over the past decade because of a 2005 provision designed to prevent fraudulent use of noncommercial jet fuel by truckers.

When it comes to differences in average height, weight and strength of male and female Class 8 truck drivers, those differences challenge truck designers to build a vehicle that can be easily used by both genders. Those physical differences can make it difficult for drivers — male or female — to reach the pedals while seeing over the hood, or to open a hood and be able to add engine oil or clean a windshield without having to climb atop a tire.

Traffic incidents impact many stakeholders who sometimes don’t coordinate with each other. That fact caused the American Transportation Research Institute to help develop primers for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Integrated Corridor Management program. 

The lack of a long-term funding structure at the federal level will likely prompt state officials to scale back on large-scale infrastructure projects, the chief economist of a group representing road builders said Aug. 10.

The country’s infrastructure has deteriorated drastically over the last five years, contributing to congestion on many highways, according to a poll commissioned by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers that was released Aug. 9.

Twenty-two drivers with vision impairments in one eye will be allowed to operate commercial trucks across state lines, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Aug. 8.

The U.S. Department of Transportation published a proposed rule that would toughen the requirements for railroads’ responses and communications with emergency response personnel when an accident involves crude oil.