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Arkansas Trucking Association Applauds Rep. Womack for $200 Million for Truck Parking in House Appropriations Bill

LITTLE ROCK, ARK. – Today, the Arkansas Trucking Association joined the American Trucking Associations in applauding U.S. Congressman Steve Womack (R-Ark.) for the inclusion of $200 million in the House Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee funding bill to expand the availability of truck parking.  Rep. Womack is the subcommittee chairman and instrumental in securing this line item […]

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Cabot Senior Receives Technician Scholarship from Arkansas Trucking Association

LITTLE ROCK, ARK. – The Arkansas Trucking Association is pleased to announce the 2024 recipient of the Carl Tapp Memorial Scholarship Fund. High school senior Shawn Frasier of Cabot High School will receive $7,500 to pursue training for a career in medium/heavy duty truck technology. “A thriving supply chain that delivers the goods we want

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Membership and Safety

The results are in! Trucking Association Members Are Among the Industry’s Safest New research from the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) statistically corroborates that motor carriers who are active in industry associations are safer than both former association members and carriers who have never been association members. It has always been anecdotally assumed that association

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ATA Accepting Applications for Technician Scholarship

LITTLE ROCK, ARK. – For the seventh 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 5, 2024, and are available at arkansastrucking.com/tech-scholarship. “The Carl Tapp Memorial Scholarship has already awarded

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Arkansas Trucking Association accepting applications for Technician Scholarship

For the sixth 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 March 31, 2023, and are available at arkansastrucking.com/tech-scholarship. “We are proud to have awarded $75,000 in scholarships to ten

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There isn’t very much more to be done’ on gas prices, says commerce secretary

On June 7, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo admitted that there is not much more the White House can do to lower record high gas prices for Americans, casting blame on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Unfortunately, that is the brutal reality,” Raimondo said. The bleak assessment comes as the national average price for regular gasoline has risen steadily over

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Ground rules for EV groundwork

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration has proposed minimum standards and requirements for projects funded under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program, which provides nearly $5 billion over the next five years. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said these ground rules will help create a network of EV chargers that are convenient, affordable,

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ATRI Selects 2022 Top Research Priorities

The American Transportation Research Institute Board of Directors has approved the 2022 Top Research Priorities, as identified by ATRI’s Research Advisory Committee. ATRI’s RAC developed the list of recommended research topics at its meeting held in Dallas, March 15-16, and the ATRI Board reviewed and approved a list of recommended topics at its recent meeting.

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House Transportation Leaders Call for Truck Parking Funding

In a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Sam Graves (R-Mo.), the chairman and ranking member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, respectively, called for an expansion of parking facilities for truck drivers. “We believe that focusing funding on truck parking will improve highway safety for all road users and

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