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Newsby StaffApril 15, 2020

Transflo, ATA Supply COVID-19 Information to Drivers

Transflo has partnered with American Trucking Associations on the Driver Assist Task Force platform and mobile app, a suite of free digital tools to give truck drivers and fleets health and safety information to help keep supply chains moving during situations like the recent COVID-19 pandemic.

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Articlesby Stephane BabcockApril 14, 2020

Fleets, Trucking Associations Work to Get Drivers Face Masks

Truck drivers increasingly need face masks to meet both CDC recommendations and some state and local restrictions meant to spread the slow of the COVID-19 pandemic. We talked to fleets about what they're doing to get masks to drivers.

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Newsby StaffApril 7, 2020

ATA, Some States Cancel Driver Championships

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Trucking Associations has cancelled the National Truck Driving Championships and National Step Van Driving Championships, which were scheduled to take place Aug. 19-22 in Indianapolis.

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Newsby StaffApril 2, 2020

NATSO, ATA Call for Increased Driver Access to Truckstops

NATSO and the American Trucking Associations are calling on state and local governments to carefully define social distancing guidelines regarding truckstops and travel plazas.

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Newsby Jack RobertsMarch 20, 2020

The Pandemic Highway: Drivers Report in as COVID-19 Rages On

Drivers say life is a strange new mixture of both good and bad as they keep their trucks rolling to move critical freight during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeMarch 16, 2020

TMC: What’s in a Name? [Commentary]

Once upon a time, TMC stood for The Maintenance Council of the American Trucking Associations. Then during an ATA reorganization in 2001, "Technology" was added to its name and mission.

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Newsby Jack RobertsMarch 11, 2020

TSA Moves to Streamline Hazmat Endorsement Process

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration is working to allow drivers with a valid Transportation Worker Identification Credential to obtain a hazardous materials endorsement without additional security checks.

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Newsby David CullenMarch 10, 2020

Bipartisan Truck Parking Bill Introduced in House

The Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act, if passed into law, would dedicate hundreds of millions of dollars to projects that increase truck parking spaces so truck drivers can safely comply with hours-of-service regulations.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 26, 2020

TMC Honors 2020 Silver Spark Plug Winners

The American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council opened its 2020 Annual Meeting and Transportation Technology Exhibition by honoring four professionals with its highest honor — the Silver Spark Plug award.

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Photo Galleriesby StaffFebruary 26, 2020

A Walk Around TMC's 2020 Annual Meeting

HDT editors made their way around February's Technology and Maintenance Council Annual Meeting in Atlanta, snapping some shots to give you a peek into this leading industry event.

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