COMING SOON: Understanding the Outlook for Freight and Trade with ATA’s Bob Costello

June 25, 2025

How could the federal spending bill impact trucking? And what market trends should you be watching? ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello joins Seth Clevenger to break down current economic conditions and deliver his outlook for the back half of 2025 and beyond.

March 31, 2025

Oral-fluid drug testing for marijuana has a shorter detection window, up to 72 hours after use, which could increase marijuana use among truckers, experts say. Story by Eric Miller.

March 26, 2025

BYD Co. unveiled a new system for electric cars that the Chinese automaker says will allow them to charge almost as fast as it takes a regular car to refuel.

March 24, 2025

American Trucking Associations' freight volume index posts second straight year-over-year gain. ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello said, "Growing optimism for the truck freight market after a two-year recession.”

March 18, 2025

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is reopening its Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles rules as well as its Heavy-Duty Nitrous Oxide ruleas part of a sweeping reviewof what an agency release described as the Biden administration’s “problematic” Clean Trucks Plan.

March 12, 2025

Political leaders representing states that border Canada and Mexico are sounding the alarm about how cross-border tariffs between those countries and the United States will impact their local economies, and their states’ residents.

March 7, 2025

The collapse of auto hauler Jack Cooper Transport is expected to provide an initial tailwind for other carriers in the sector. Macroeconomic trends promise decrease in capacity as sales fall.

March 3, 2025

Thieves have targeted freight trains running through the deserts of California and Arizona in a string of audacious heists resulting in the theft of more than $2 million worth of new Nike sneakers, including many that haven’t hit the retail market yet, according to officials and court documents.

February 24, 2025

The Environmental Protection Agency has taken a first step aimed at rescinding the Biden administration’s waivers granted for California’s Advanced Clean Trucks and Omnibus low nitrogen oxides rules.

February 24, 2025

From basic diagnostics for commercial vehicles to understanding automated driving systems, ATA's Technology & Maintenance Council often takes a lead role in providing guidance on equipment and maintenance for an ever-changing industry.

February 18, 2025

American Transportation Research Institute's latest analysis highlights significant congestion at key intersections nationwide, with Fort Lee, N.J., topping the list again.

February 12, 2025

reported that cargo theft incidentsto a record 3,625 across North America.

February 11, 2025

In the trucking industry, driver turnover, often called “churn” in the industry, refers to the rate at which truck drivers leave their jobs and are replaced by new drivers.

February 6, 2025

Aurora Innovation Inc. challenged a FMCSA decision to deny the company an exemption to a rule which requires hazard warnings to be placed on the road, even for self-driving trucks.

February 3, 2025

Newly appointed U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffyordered a rewrite of more stringent U.S. fuel economy rules, following through on one of President Donald Trump’s first directives after he retook the White House.

January 28, 2025

State trucking associations are advocating for more feasible and cost-effective solutions in response to the implementation of the Advanced Clean Trucks regulation.

January 23, 2025

President Donald Trump said Jan. 20 that he expects to put25% tariffs on Canadaand Mexico starting on Feb. 1, while declining to flesh out his plans for taxing Chinese imports.