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ATRI heralds the launch of its annual Top Industry Issues Survey
August 28, 2023
ATRI said that this annual analysis, which is now in its 19th year, ranks industry issues overall, as well as provide insights into how critical topics are ranked differently by both motor carriers and professional drivers, while also allowing industry stakeholders to monitor trucking industry issues over time in order to gain a better understanding of which issues are rising, or falling, in criticality.
Trucking interests support DOT’s call for more safe trucking parking
October 17, 2022
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently pledged the Biden administration’s support for increasing the availability of safe parking options for America’s professional truck drivers through its Trucking Action Plan. That grants funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and increases coordination with state departments of transportation and the trucking industry.
The Upside of COVID-19 Pandemic-Induced Truck Driver Shortages
May 25, 2021
Inflation is one of the headwinds facing the US economy and consumers, and inflation is fueled, to some extent, by the national shortage of truck drivers; this shortage raises truck transportation prices, which show up in higher prices for every product.
First comprehensive review of wild, wild West ‘nuclear verdict’ is” bad news for truckers
August 10, 2020
Settle, if possible. Don’t take shortcuts on safety. Obviously, avoid truck accidents involving children by any means. And hope that somehow, some way, sensible tort reform is on its way into American courtrooms. Those are some of the suggestions from the American Transportation Research Institute’s (ATRI) new research that confirms that large verdicts against trucking fleets—so-called “nuclear verdicts”—are increasing dramatically, both in number and in size of awards.
ATRI Critical Issues in the Trucking Industry – 2019
October 30, 2019
This American Transportation Research Institute report presents the findings of the 2019 annual survey and analysis and compares the findings of previous years’ results, providing insight into both the changing and emerging priorities of the trucking industry.
Self-Driving Technology for Commercial Trucking
November 19, 2017
Embark is working to make the self-driving future a reality, and while most of the spectacle has been around passenger vehicles, Embark believes that commercial trucking, the backbone of the U.S. economy, stands to reap untold benefits by deploying autonomous trucks, particularly during the “long haul” stretches.
Self-Driving Technology for Commercial Trucking
November 19, 2017
Embark is working to make the self-driving future a reality, and while most of the spectacle has been around passenger vehicles, Embark believes that commercial trucking, the backbone of the U.S. economy, stands to reap untold benefits by deploying autonomous trucks, particularly during the “long haul” stretches.
Cost of Congestion to the Trucking Industry
April 22, 2016
Trucks transported nearly 10 billion tons of freight representing over two-thirds of total domestic tonnage shipped, and traveled more than 279 billion miles on the nation’s roadway network in 2014.
Trucking Industry Congestion Costs Top $49.6 Billion
April 22, 2016
Traffic congestion on the U.S. National Highway System added over $49.6 billion in operational costs to the trucking industry in 2014, according to research released by the American Transportation Research Institute.
New Research Quantifies Impact of Non-Preventable Crashes on CSA Scores
November 13, 2015
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released its latest CSA research, "Assessing the Impact of Non-Preventable Crashes on CSA Scores" - ATRI investigated the impact that excluding non-preventable crashes would have on motor carrier CSA Crash Indicator BASIC measures.
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