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NewsMay 13, 2016

ATRI Taps UPS Freight’s McArdle for Board Seat

The American Transportation Research Institute has appointed UPS Freight President Rich McArdle to the board of the nonprofit research organization.

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NewsMay 11, 2016

Trucking Groups to Launch Truck Parking Initiative

The ATA, CVSA, NATSO Foundation and ATRI have all joined forces to announce a new truck parking initiative in Washington, D.C., aimed at making information on parking availability open to all drivers.

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NewsMay 10, 2016

ATRI Seeks Operational Cost Data From Carriers

The American Transportation Research Institute is looking for carriers to participate in its annual update to the Operational Costs of Trucking Report.

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Newsby Evan LockridgeApril 27, 2016

Earnings Watch: Saia, Patriot, Covenant and Celadon

The wave of first quarter earnings reports from the nation’s publicly owned fleets continued on Wednesday, with three out of four lower than a year earlier due mainly to less freight to move.

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Newsby David CullenApril 14, 2016

Trucker Sleep-Apnea Study Launched by ATRI

The American Transportation Research Institute on April 15 launched an online survey of truck drivers on issues related to sleep apnea

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NewsMarch 21, 2016

ATRI Seeks Real-World Data on Truck Parking Challenges

The American Transportation Research Institute is seeking drivers interested in keeping a 14-day diary of their truck parking issues as part of an effort to collect real-world information on the daily challenges drivers face to find truck parking.

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NewsJanuary 27, 2016

Accuride Previews Lightweight Composite Brake Drum

Accuride president and CEO Rick Dauch spoke about the company’s recently acquired metal matrix composite technology during a briefing at HDAW, explaining the role MMC would play in Accuride’s lightweight components.

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Newsby Evan LockridgeJanuary 27, 2016

Earnings Watch: Heartland Profit Drops, Patriot Moves Higher

Earnings for the trucking company Heartland Express Inc. (NASDAQ: HTLD) declined in both the final quarter of 2015 and all of last year due to less business while Patriot Transportation Holding Inc. (NASDAQ: PATI) saw an improvement due in large part to a legal settlement.

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NewsNovember 18, 2015

Atlanta's Spaghetti Junction Tops ATRI's List of Truck Bottlenecks for 2015

Atlanta's I-285 at I-85 North is the worst truck bottleneck in the country, according to the American Transportation Research Institute's annual congestion study -- and watch out in Houston, Texas.

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Newsby David CullenNovember 10, 2015

Crashing Against Common Sense

ATRI's latest CSA Research Piece found that excluding “non-preventable crashes” from data decreased the Crash Indicator BASIC by nearly 15% among over a dozen carriers studied.

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