Shannon Newton President, ATA Progress can be hard to measure. Bringing about change is often a slow process. However, this year has produced several notable pieces of legislation and regulation that have been a long time coming, bringing with them meaningful change for the industry in Arkansas and across the nation. As 2015 began our […]
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Shannon Newton President, ATA Earlier this week, at a nearby terminal, one of our newly minted Arkansas Road Team Captains did his first piece for a local news crew on distracted driving. There was excitement and nervousness. Any opportunity to educate the public on how to safely share the road with tractor-trailers and demonstrate the
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By Rebecca M. Brewster Guest Writer Last December, ATRI issued a report that documented what many of you already suspected was occurring in the trucking industry—our workforce is aging, and we’re not bringing in young people to replace those who have spent a lifetime delivering the nation’s freight. The ATRI analysis, which utilized data from the U.S.
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Shannon Newton President, ATA The fact that America’s infrastructure is crumbling is not in dispute. The hard part? Finding the will to pay more for it. It’s no surprise. There are few things more contentious in politics and in our national discourse than taxes. States all across the country, and elected representatives in Washington DC
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By Butch Rice Guest Writer When I woke up Saturday morning, June 13 in Rogers, Ark., I didn’t know what to expect. For the first time, I was at the John Q. Hammons Center for the Arkansas Truck Driving Championship. Some six hundred in attendance, including drivers, volunteers and supporters from all over the state showed up
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Shannon Newton President, ATA If you are one of the Northern Virginia to Washington D.C. commuters (members of Congress excepted) affected by the recent and widely publicized Memorial Bridge lane closures, know that I feel your pain. It is fitting that the most recent example of failed transportation funding efforts is a highly-travelled bridge in
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By Paul Enos, CEO of Nevada Trucking Association I couldn’t make it to Las Vegas on May 6, when Daimler Trucks tested their autonomous driving software on the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. I sent our Member Relations Director Kim Yaeger to the press conference and demonstration. While she was in Las Vegas, I was at
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Shannon Newton President, ATA Grown men huddled around water-coolers talking Cinderella, bracket busting, buzzer beaters, jubilant celebrations and teary-eyed defeats are all part of the hoopla and frenzy that is March Madness. This single-elimination tournament between 68 teams determines the national champion in college basketball. The phrase March Madness references the excitement, passion, unpredictability and craziness surrounding
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By Steve Williams, Chairman & CEO of Maverick USA Nostalgic? Perhaps. I remember my Dad and grandfather’s 160 horsepower KB 6 Internationals roaring across Missouri on US 40. I remember when the Interstate System didn’t exist, watched it get built and used up during my lifetime. I remember the time when we dreamed big dreams
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Craig Harper J. B. Hunt Transport Chairman of the Board, ATA Depending on your outlook, the trucking industry has many daunting challenges to address or critical opportunities to seize in 2015 and beyond. Of course perspective matters, but this is not just a clever case of semantics. It’s about mindset. Research suggests a powerful link
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