Industry Mascot “Safety Sammy” travels the country as a symbol of America’s most essential industry: trucking!
Industry Mascot “Safety Sammy” travels the country as a symbol of America’s most essential industry: trucking!
Industry Mascot “Safety Sammy” travels the country as a symbol of America’s most essential industry: trucking!
Industry Mascot “Safety Sammy” travels the country as a symbol of America’s most essential industry: trucking!
Fleet Owner: Obama pushes infrastructure investment, aims to slash red tape
/in News /by Editorial StaffSaying that he will use executive actions when appropriate, President Barack Obama promised to slash the red tape holding back infrastructure projects in this country during his fifth State of the Union address last night. He also reiterated his administration’s promise to implement further fuel efficiency targets for heavy-duty trucks beyond the current regulations that begin phasing in this year.
Fleet Owner: Looking ahead for trucking
/in News /by Editorial StaffA lot of confidence is being expressed about the future of the trucking right now, despite the industry’s many well-known challenges, the foremost being a shortage of drivers, ever-increasing regulatory pressures, and of course the ever-present concern that the still-sluggish growth pattern that’s dogged the U.S. economy for years now could suddenly turn into a full-out stall. Even with all those negative caveats thrown in, though, many industry denizens think the outlook for trucking is a lot brighter right now than it’s been for a while.
Today’s Trucking: Strength of Tonnage Good Sign For Economy
/in News /by Editorial StaffTruckers, do you feel the weight of the load you’re hauling? It’s getting heavier, the American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) reports, and that’s a sign that the U.S. economy is doing better than some might believe.
The Clarion-Ledger: It’s my job: Trucking
/in News /by Editorial StaffDriver Ray Sears says that switching from long-haul trucking to shorter, local routes, has benefited his family and social life, as well as his health.
Washington Post: Do ‘traffic angels’ drive semi-trucks?
/in News /by Editorial StaffEver wish that divine intervention might help you cut through traffic congestion? Well, this wasn’t exactly divine intervention, but someone we’ll call a “traffic angel” helped steer a Leesburg family through some pretty nasty holiday traffic.
Marshall Independent: From Truckers, To Toys
/in News /by Editorial StaffDonations from truck drivers and area businesses are making Christmas merry for families in need.
Transport Topics: It Was a Truck
/in News /by Editorial StaffIf you got it, most likely a truck brought it. Again. The latest Commodity Flow Survey from the federal government — a twice-a-decade undertaking — reiterates what most of us already know: that trucking moves America.
Asheville Citizen-Times: How trucking helped land high tech jet engine parts
/in News /by Editorial StaffOld Dominion has been trucking freight across the Southeast for more than 75 years, but this spring the company played a role in driving a new deal to bring more jobs and space-age technology to Asheville.
CCJ: Trucks Moved a Whopping 70 percent — $10 trillion — of Nation’s Goods in 2012
/in News /by Editorial StaffMore than 70 percent of both the value and the weight of the freight moved in the 2012 calendar year trekked via truck, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, who released its annual Commodity Flow Survey results this week.
HEAVY DUTY TRUCKING: 8 Things to Expect on Tomorrow’s Trucks
/in News /by Editorial StaffIn some ways, the truck of the future is here today. What would a truck driver from decades ago think if he were suddenly transported from his own time into one of today’s state-of-the-art rigs?
Smooth, quiet rides. Automated transmissions. A voice giving turn-by-turn directions through in-cab speakers. Systems that warn if he’s wandered out of his lane or to slow down if he’s in danger of hitting the vehicle ahead. Tires that inflate themselves up automatically. The list goes on and on.
MULTIBRIEFS: Truckers: Let’s send a positive image
/in News /by Editorial StaffFor as long as I have been involved in industry associations — whether on a state or federal level — folks in the industry talk about improving our image. Mostly we talk to each other, an audience already holding a positive image of ourselves. That takes little convincing.
TRAILER/BODY BUILDERS: Trucking Industry Raising Funds for Movement
/in News /by Editorial StaffThe trucking industry announced the launch of a fund-raising effort for an industry-wide movement centered on a positive image and a more robust connection with policymakers and the general public.