EPA 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, 2015Complete MCE 2015 Coverage
Look back at all of our online coverage — including stories, photos and video — of the 2015 American Trucking Associations' Management Conference & Exhibition from the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.
October 22, 2015Road Team Captains Defeat Executives in MCE Healthy Trucker Challenge
A team of America’s Road Team Captains took an average of 15,943 steps per day in a two-day span to win the American Trucking Associations Healthy Trucker Challenge at the ATA Management Conference & Exhibition.
October 22, 2015Familiarity With Washington's Political Landscape an Asset for New ATA Chairman Pat Thomas
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.
October 21, 2015UPS’ Thomas Takes Reins From Long as ATA Chairman, Calls on Congress to Pass Highway Bill
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.
October 20, 2015Exclusive: Graves to Depart as ATA President at End of 2016
PHILADELPHIA — Bill Graves, president of American Trucking Associations, has informed the federation that he will step down at the end of 2016, when his current contract expires.
October 20, 2015ATA Board Urges OEMs to Add Automatic Emergency Braking Systems
PHILADELPHIA — As American Trucking Associations wrapped up its annual Management Conference & Exhibition here Oct. 20, the board of directors urged the nation’s truck and car manufacturers to equip all new vehicles with automatic emergency braking systems.
October 20, 2015Newhouse: Poll Finds Favorable View of Trucking Industry
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.
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