ATA News Updates

Perspective, Business

Opinion: Let Your Pride Show

It was a little more than four months ago that I stood before many of you in Orlando at our Management Conference & Exhibition and had the honor of being named the 69th chairman of American Trucking Associations.

March 10, 2014
Business

ATA Seeks Nominations for 2015-2016 America’s Road Team

American Trucking Associations is seeking nominations for professional truck drivers to serve as Road Team captains on the 2015-2016 America’s Road Team.

February 25, 2014
Business

ATA Debuts Streamlined Structure to Boost Federation’s Effectiveness

American Trucking Associations announced last week it had finalized changes to its organizational structure.

January 27, 2014
Business, Fuel

Comdata Inc. Agrees to Pay $100 Million as Part of Settlement With Truck Stops

Fuel-card provider Comdata Inc. and three major truck-stop chains announced they have agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging anticompetitive practices that resulted in higher processing fees for smaller truck-stop businesses.

January 27, 2014
Business

Lobbyist Phillips Departs ATA for Consulting

Mary Phillips, the chief lobbyist for American Trucking Associations for more than three years, announced her departure from the federation last week.

January 13, 2014
Business

ATA Taps Dave Osiecki to be Top Lobbyist

American Trucking Associations has appointed Dave Osiecki to be its top lobbyist and lead its government affairs office after the departure of Mary Phillips.

January 10, 2014
Business

ATA Pushes Legislative Agenda for Safety, Highway Funding

American Trucking Associations is calling on Congress and federal policymakers to act on a list of issues in 2014 that ATA said would improve the nation’s economy and make highways safer.

January 8, 2014
Business

Lobbyist Phillips to Leave ATA

Mary Phillips, the chief lobbyist for American Trucking Associations for more than three years, will leave ATA on Jan. 7 to open her own government-affairs consulting firm.

January 6, 2014
Business, Safety

Flawed Safety Data Penalizing Many Fleets Under CSA Program, ATA Report States

Flawed data and methodology used in the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program have created “tens of thousands” of statistical anomalies, according to an American Trucking Associations white paper released last week.

December 16, 2013
Business

Truck-Crash Deaths Rise

Fatalities from accidents involving large trucks in the United States increased by 3.7% in 2012, rising to 3,921 people from 3,781 the year before, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported.

November 18, 2013