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Newsby Deborah LockridgeJuly 1, 2025

Fleet Margins Fall as Trucking Costs Set New Records in ATRI’s 2025 Report

The trucking industry last year experienced the highest non-fuel operating costs ever recorded by the American Transportation Research Institute, which combined with the ongoing freight recession to drive down fleet profitability.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 25, 2025

ATRI: Submit Cost Data to Get Benchmarking Report

New to this year's operational costs of trucking survey by the American Transportation Research Institute is a streamlined form for owner-operators.

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Traffic congestion.
Newsby News/Media ReleaseDecember 23, 2024

Trucking Congestion Costs Rise to $108.8 Billion

Although total hours of congestion decreased slightly in 2022, the costs of operating a truck in the U.S. increased at a substantially higher rate, a new report from the American Transport Research Institute has found.

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ArticlesJuly 2, 2024

The Economics of Commercial Fleet Electrification: Balancing Cost and Sustainability

Jonathan Colbert, VP marketing at Voltera, offers insights from ACT Expo 2024 on factors affecting electric-vehicle total cost of ownership for commercial vehicle fleets, why the use case matters, and the role of incentives in driving adoption.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseOctober 27, 2023

ATRI: Trucking's Annual Congestion Costs Top $94.6 Billion

The latest Cost of Congestion study, published by the American Transportation Research Institute, reports traffic congestion cost the trucking industry $94.6 billion in 2021.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 2, 2023

ATRI Calls for Carriers to Participate in Operational Costs Report

The American Transportation Research Institute is asking motor carriers to help it collect data for its 15th Annual Operational Costs Report.

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Newsby StaffAugust 11, 2022

Fuel, Maintenance, Drivers Push Operational Costs Higher

The total marginal cost of trucking grew by 12.7% in 2021 to $1.855 per mile, the highest on record, according to the American Transportation Research Institute.

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Newsby StaffNovember 30, 2021

Locomation: Autonomous Platooning Tech Can Cut Fuel Consumption, GHG Footprint

Locomation's Autonomous Relay Convoy system can dramatically reduce the greenhouse gas footprint, fuel consumption, and operating costs of transporting goods by truck, according to a recent report.

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 14, 2020

How Trucking Fleets are Running Lean to Survive COVID

Fleets share tactics they’ve taken in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to cut costs and operate more efficiently.

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Newsby StaffJune 3, 2020

ATRI Invites Fleets to Participate in Annual Operational Costs Report

The American Transportation Research Institute is calling for motor carriers to contribute to its annual Operational Costs of Trucking report, now in its 12th year.

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