Industry News

Fleet News Daily: TMAF to Launch 2019 #ThankATrucker Campaign During National Truck Driver Appreciation Week

Moves America Forward (TMAF), the industry-wide education and image movement, is thanking America’s professional truck drivers during their #ThankATrucker campaign, during National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, September 8-14, 2019. The theme of this year’s campaign is “Delivering Life’s Moments.” “Throughout National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, TMAF will be showcasing the life moments that pro truck […]

Commercial Carrier Journal: Five years into campaign, trucking image group TMAF looks to continue growth

In the more than five years since trucking industry image group Trucking Moves America Forward launched, the goal has been to tell the story of trucking and truck drivers. Over the next five years, the group hopes to do more of the same. Now mostly known simply as TMAF, the group is continuing to launch […]

Reno Gazette Journal: We need to keep trucking industry thriving, says Dayton truck driver

This summer, while you’re on the way to a barbecue or the pool, or heading away on a beach getaway, you’ll be sharing the road with millions of Americans who are traveling during the summer season. As one of 3.5 million professional truck drivers on America’s roads, I’ll be joining you on the road too, […]

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Life on the Road Gets a Little Easier as Truckers Adopt Digital Technology

Volker Condron was recently driving an 18-wheel rig on a highway near Mount Vernon, Texas, when his truck blew a tire—a common hazard that can add several hours to a scheduled delivery, he said. This time, Mr. Condron used a new app to take a photo of the tire and relay his exact location, a […]

Morning Consult: Opinion: The Time to #BuildForTomorrow Is Now

We depend on reliable infrastructure to get ourselves and our families safely to our destination every day. Whether it’s the highway we take to work or our children’s schools, or the road we travel on to the doctor’s office and the grocery store, we rely on safe and maintained roadways. But after years of neglect, […]

American Trucker: TMAF’s polling results on industry perception, celebrates five-year anniversary

Trucking Moves America Forward (TMAF), the industry-wide education and image movement, released the results of a national poll and detailed five years of progress, in a press conference during their fifth anniversary at the 2019 Mid-America Trucking Show. TMAF commissioned new research last month to determine perceptions of the industry from the motoring public. The […]

Transport Topics: TMAF Celebrates Five Years of Enhancing Trucking’s Image

A new poll has confirmed that a campaign to improve trucking’s image has been successful in nudging public perception toward a more positive image over the past five years, leaders of Trucking Moves America Forward said at a March 28 news conference here. Kevin Burch, co-chairman of TMAF and president of Jet Express Inc., said […]

2019 Poll Results on Image of Industry

Trucking Moves America Forward (TMAF) commissioned research in February 2019 to measure the impact of the awareness and education campaign over the past four years among American motorists. The image of the trucking industry remains very positive. Motorists not only give the industry credit for moving more freight than railroads or airlines, but they overwhelmingly […]

abc Fox Montana: Montana Treasure: 50 Years, 50 States of trucking for Larry Spiekermeier

He’s earned the nickname ‘Trusty Trucker’ and rightly so. Larry Spiekermeier of Plains, Montana has logged 4 million accident-free miles carrying heavy truck loads. Angela Marshall takes you on a ride to meet this week’s Montana Treasure. You might recognize this smile and laugh. Larry Spiekermeier became an instant celebrity as the ‘Trusty Trucker’ to […]

FreightWaves: Trucking jobs keep climbing as the job market stays strong

The U.S economy added over 300,000 jobs in January, marking the best monthly performance in nearly a year. Transportation and logistics employment continued to increase at an impressive pace, led by healthy gains in warehousing, parcel and trucking jobs. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the economy added an impressive 304,000 workers to […]