LOUISVILLE, Ky. — For Pat Thomas, senior vice president of state government affairs at UPS Inc. and the new chairman of American Trucking Associations, Big Brown’s gargantuan hub here epitomizes freight connectivity.

PHILADELPHIA — By coming together and more closely aligning their priorities, trucking leaders will do more to persuade federal policymakers to reform regulations, American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves told industry executives here at the annual Management Conference & Exhibition.

PHILADELPHIA — The rapidly evolving vehicle technology landscape has led to improvements in truck safety and is helping to attract younger drivers to the industry, executives speaking at a panel hosted by Transport Topics said here Oct. 20.

PHILADELPHIA — Dave Osiecki, American Trucking Associations’ chief of national advocacy, is optimistic that regulations the industry has criticized over the years would be reformed if Congress advances key bills this year.

The country would be one step closer to enjoying safe flying cars on “flyways,” hover-boards and hover-conversion kits — innovations featured in “Back to the Future II” — if Congress was more consistent in passing multiyear transportation bills.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — For Pat Thomas, senior vice president of state government affairs at UPS Inc. and the new chairman of American Trucking Associations, Big Brown’s gargantuan hub here epitomizes freight connectivity.

PHILADELPHIA — For his first act as the new chairman of American Trucking Associations, Pat Thomas urged Congress to pass a multiyear highway bill that would address the industry’s safety and infrastructure funding concerns.

PHILADELPHIA — A majority of Americans have a favorable view of the trucking industry and say that, in car-truck accidents, the motorist is at fault most of the time.

PHILADELPHIA — Technological advancements could be useful in the recruitment of younger drivers, panelists said during a technology discussion at American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition here Oct. 20.

PHILADELPHIA — Dave Osiecki, American Trucking Associations’ executive vice president and chief of national advocacy, says he is optimistic regulations the industry has criticized over the years would be reformed if Congress advances key bills this year.