Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson approved a $1.45 million grant for a second “Be Pro Be Proud” mobile workshop to share with high school students the opportunities available through technical careers in the state. When the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce joined with industry partners like the Arkansas Trucking Association in 2015, the Be Pro initiative […]
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The Arkansas Highway Commission and the Arkansas Department of Transportation are launching a safety campaign to crack down on reckless and distracted driving in work zones across the state. With the passage of infrastructure funding at both the federal and state level, Arkansas drivers can expect to encounter work zones maintaining and building roads around
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Since the pandemic began, many employees stopped commuting to an office and began logging on from home to earn their paycheck. Some analysts predict that 25% of professional jobs in North America will be remote by the end of the year. But less expected is that non-office jobs have remote-potential. Two companies are exploring technology
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According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, early estimates of motor vehicle traffic crashes for the first nine months of 2021, fatalities have increased 12%, the highest in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System’s history. NHTSA projects that an estimated 31,720 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes from January through
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Last week, the American Transportation Research Institute released its annual list highlighting the most congested bottlenecks for trucks in America, and the interchange at I-55 and I-40 made its first appearance in the top 100. “The inclusion of the I-55 and I-40 intersection in this year’s list of bottlenecks underscores what a major disruption the bridge closure
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For the fifth year, the Arkansas Trucking Association plans to award scholarships of up to $7,500 to students interested in pursuing careers as medium and heavy duty truck technicians. Scholarship applications are being accepted now through April 1, 2022, and are available at arkansastrucking.com/tech-scholarship. “We are proud to have awarded $52,500 in scholarships to seven students
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Shannon Newton President, ATA As I think of all the friendships that I have nurtured over the years and how precious those are to my life, career and place in our community, it is evident that the pandemic took its toll on personal connection. Some may have mastered connecting through a screen, but I was
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By Jeremy Reymer As leaders in the trucking industry, we’re all acutely aware of the unprecedented challenges we’re facing daily. Unfortunately, these challenges are nothing new. According to the most recent ATRI survey, “Critical Issues in the Trucking Industry – 2021“, the driver shortage topped the list for the fifth year in a row. Industry
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Debate among Democrats led to an announcement on Friday, Oct. 1 of an indefinite delay of a House vote on final passage of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Originally scheduled for Sept. 27, then pushed back to Sept. 30, the longer-term deferral of final passage resulted from ongoing insistence by House Progressives
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Ongoing shortages of replacement parts for failed diesel exhaust fluid quality sensors are believed to be causing thousands of trucks nationwide to be disabled and parked. The sensors, which measure the quality and level of diesel exhaust fluid in the tank, are part of the global computer chip shortage, causing a backlog and rising the
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