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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — For Pat Thomas, senior vice president of state government affairs at UPS Inc. and the new chairman of American Trucking Associations, Big Brown’s gargantuan hub here epitomizes freight connectivity.

PHILADELPHIA — For his first act as the new chairman of American Trucking Associations, Pat Thomas urged Congress to pass a multiyear highway bill that would address the industry’s safety and infrastructure funding concerns.

PHILADELPHIA — Bill Graves, president of American Trucking Associations, has informed the federation that he will step down at the end of 2016, when his current contract expires.

PHILADELPHIA — A majority of Americans have a favorable view of the trucking industry and say that, in car-truck accidents, the motorist is at fault most of the time.

PHILADELPHIA — American Trucking Associations updated its top leadership at the end of its Management Conference & Exhibition here Oct. 20, with Pat Thomas of UPS Inc. elected the federation's 71st chairman.

PHILADELPHIA — Focusing on people more than tools has enabled the airline industry to improve its safety record, the co-pilot of the US Airways flight that was forced to land in the Hudson River nearly seven years ago told attendees at American Trucking Associations' Management Conference & Exhibition on Oct. 20.

PHILADELPHIA — Technological advancements could be useful in the recruitment of younger drivers, panelists said during a technology discussion at American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition here Oct. 20.

PHILADELPHIA — The use of telematics in trucking will expand dramatically and reshape the industry, participants at a panel discussion said here.