Editorial: The Next Generation at MCE
Many of the transportation industry’s most influential people came together last week at American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition in Philadelphia.
October 26, 2015House Panel OKs 6-Year Road Bill; Funding Sources Still Unidentified
WASHINGTON — The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Oct. 22 approved and forwarded to the full House a six-year highway bill that included provisions requiring improvements to the controversial federal Compliance, Safety, Accountability program.
October 26, 2015Unity, Persistence Needed to Help Trucking Achieve Key Goals This Year, Graves Says
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.
October 26, 2015Technology Advancement Can Boost Safety, Enhance Driver Recruitment, Panelists Say
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.
October 26, 2015EPA Touts Science, Data Gathering as Basis for Phase 2 Rule on GHG
PHILADELPHIA — Chris Grundler, the Environmental Protection Agency official behind the Phase 2 greenhouse-gas proposal, is passionate about reducing vehicle emissions but quick to point out his commitment to data, evidence and engineering as the foundation for writing regulations.
October 26, 2015Osiecki Expects CSA Reform if Highway Bill Is Passed
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.
October 26, 2015Trucking Benefiting From Economic Growth; Analysts Say US in World’s Strongest Position
PHILADELPHIA — Its sluggishness aside, the U.S. economy is now, and will remain well into 2016, the world’s strongest producer and trucking will benefit from that, two economists said as part of their forecasts here.
October 26, 2015TT Archives: New ATA President
Bill Graves, who served two terms as Kansas governor and whose family once owned a major truck line headquartered in the state, stepped into his new job as president of American Trucking Associations in January 2003.
October 26, 2015Agility Fuel Systems Opens Plant in North Carolina
Agility Fuel Systems, a supplier of natural-gas fueling systems for heavy-duty trucks, has opened a new manufacturing plant in Salisbury, North Carolina.
October 23, 2015ATA’s Graves Urges House to Take Up Six-Year Highway Bill
American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves on Oct. 23 urged the House to take up a six-year highway bill reported out of committee this week.
October 23, 2015