ATA Report Shows Increase in Trucking Miles

Class 8 trucks rolled up 139.3 billion miles in 2006, up from 130.5 billion in 2005, according to American Trucking Associations’ American Trucking Trends 2008-2009 report, released this week.

The number of people employed in the industry in 2007, the latest year for which complete data are available, rose modestly to 8.9 million from 8.8 million in 2006, the report shows.

In addition, trucks in 2006 consumed 53.9 billion gallons of fuel for business purposes and paid $37.4 billion in federal and state highway-user taxes.

Data presented in ATA’s report are drawn from private and government sources, in addition to original ATA research.