Industry News

Trucks.com: Trucking Industry Non-Profit Fights Food Waste Through Collections for Needy

Working in the family moving business, Adam Lowy watched relocating homeowners trash tons of food upon arrival of the truck scheduled to haul all belongings. Appalled by the waste, Lowy established Move For Hunger, a non-profit that has organized moving van drivers to collect food that homeowners would throw out rather than pack. “This is such […]

WBRE: Students Get Glimpse of Truck Drivers View

BARTONSVILLE, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) – We’ve all shared the road with tractor trailers, but truck drivers have a very different view from behind the wheel than we do. Adam Warner stands in front of the classroom like a teacher, but he’s actually a tractor trailer driver with Walmart. Adam’s teaching high school students how to […]

FleetOwner: Raising the profile of trucking nationally

Photos circulated widely last week of President Trump at the American Trucking Assns.’ (ATA) visit to the White House. What many may not have seen — or didn’t realize they were seeing — was a major ATA effort to raise the profile of trucking with the American people and motoring public. Now three years in […]

RoadSquad Radio

Listen to what RoadSquad Radio had to say on TMAF’s three-year anniversary, following MATS 2017:  

TMAF in 2016: By the Numbers

Live from Louisville: TMAF Turns 3

Celebrating our industry movement’s anniversary at the 2017 Mid-America Trucking Show Greetings from Louisville: home of the Kentucky Derby, pork chops and, of course, the annual Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS). MATS is an important event for every member of the trucking industry – an opportunity to engage with our peers and see all that the […]

Trucking Goes to the White House

Trucking was front and center at the White House today! Members of the American Trucking Associations, including ATA President & CEO Chris Spear, along with TMAF Co-chair Kevin Burch and several professional truck drivers and company executives, were invited to meet directly with President Donald Trump. Drivers gave a personal tour to the president as he took […]

RoadKing Magazine Features TMAF

From the March-April edition of RoadKing magazine:  

TMAF Co-Chair Kevin Burch Featured on WHIO Channel 7 Report

Reporting on bottleneck traffic in the Dayton, Ohio area, and the results of ATRI’s latest traffic study, WHIO Channel 7 spoke with TMAF’s own Kevin Burch:

Delaware News Journal: Trucking group honors Seaford company’s charity works

Trucking Moves America Forward, a Washington, D.C.-based group that promotes the trucking industry, has recognized Trinity Logistics for its charitable contributions. Trinity Logistics, a Seaford-based trucking and shipping company, partnered with a local food bank and Perdue last month to feed 250 families a Thanksgiving meal. For Christmas, Trinity partnered with local organizations to provide […]

Overdrive: 3D trailer graphic to promote trucking’s image expected in 2017

Trucking Moves America Forward, a trucking industry education and image campaign spearheaded by ATA, plans to make 3D trailer wraps and more affordable trailer wrap options in the coming year, the group announced last week. Kevin Burch, co-chairman of TMAF, president of Jet Express and chairman of American Trucking Associations, said in a press conference […]

Washington Times Opinion: Trucking delivers the holidays

If you bought it, a truck brought it Family gatherings with a delicious turkey on the table. Friends and communities joining together for holiday traditions. Stores and sidewalks bustling as we shop for presents to exchange with loved ones. Wreaths on doors and ornate decorations lighting up downtowns. These are just some of the images […]