The American Transportation Research Institute, the trucking industry’s not-for-profit research organization, launched the 2013 Top Industry Issues Survey.
Read More →Fuel taxes in Massachusetts will increase, after lawmakers there overrode Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick’s veto of the state transportation budget.
Read More →AMS Automotive has appointed Pat Biermann as executive vice president and general manager of the company’s newly established Heavy Duty Group.
Read More →The American Transportation Research Institute has just released research findings that looked into variations in safety trends across different classes of large trucks. The study separated and evaluated a decade of medium- and heavy-duty truck crash records and identified trends, with medium-duty trucks generally performing worse than heavy-duty.
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Truckers looking for increasingly hard to find parking spaces may be getting some help from the American Transportation Research Institute and the U.S. Department of Transportation. ATRI is working with multiple partners to test a new system for truck parking management.
Read More →The American Transportation Research Institute released findings from the first phase of a two-part research initiative aimed at assessing the use of navigation systems in large trucks. This first phase of the research, which analyzed survey data from over 800 drivers and carriers, identifies different systems and how they are used, as well as industry perceptions of navigation system effectiveness.
Read More →The American Transportation Research Institute launched a survey to update the 2012 Operational Costs of Trucking report.
Read More →Recent financials from two different fleets show very different results, but both mentioned their success in adding drivers and cutting down on unseated trucks.
Read More →Bosselman Boss Truck Shops Inc. announced the acquisition of two Patriot Truck Care/HSV locations.
Read More →The American Transportation Research Institute is gathering carrier opinions on the potential impacts of changes to the 34-hour restart rule.
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