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ARLINGTON, Va., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 0.2% in April after rising 0.9% in March. (The 0.9% gain in March was unchanged from what ATA reported on April 23, 2013.) In April, the SA index equaled 123.2 (2000=100) versus 123.5 in March. The highest level on record was December 2011 at 124.3. Compared with April 2012, the SA index was up 4.3%, which is the largest...

WASHINGTON, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Mexico-based passenger carrier Autobuses Zacatecanos, LLC, to cease U.S. operations and revoked the firm's authority to provide passenger service within the United States, declaring that its drivers and vehicles pose an imminent hazard to public safety. Autobuses Zacatecanos, LLC, operates a fleet of four buses and primarily...

ARLINGTON, Va., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, American Trucking Associations praised the National Transportation Safety Board's recommendations to reduce impaired driving on the nation's highways. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100129/ATALOGO) NTSB's recommendations come a day after ATA President and CEO Bill Graves wrote to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood again urging him to move forward on a process to allow motor carriers to collect hair samples...

FMCSA finds company operated without proper registration WASHINGTON, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today ordered Toledo, Ohio-based Destiny Tours to immediately cease all interstate passenger transportation service for failing to obtain proper federal operating authority.  "We are going to continue to use every tool we have to ensure bus companies comply with federal regulations," said...

FMCSA finds companies reincarnated an out-of-service truck company WASHINGTON, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered four Olathe, Kan.-based trucking companies - Royal Transport, Inc.; Nationwide, Inc.; Freight, Inc.; and Midwest A, Inc. - to immediately cease all interstate transportation service based on evidence that they are reincarnated "chameleons" for an unsafe truck...

ARLINGTON, Va., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index gained 0.9% in March after decreasing 0.7% in February. (The 0.7% loss in February was revised down from a 0.6% increase ATA reported on March 19, 2013.) Tonnage has now increased in four of the last five months. Specifically, since November 2012, the index is up 7.6%. In March, the SA index equaled 123.5 (2000=100) versus 122.3...

LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, in a speech to the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, American Trucking Associations Vice Chairman Phil Byrd thanked law enforcement agencies for what they do, and also said they  must do more to focus on the unsafe behavior of drivers, both commercial and non-commercial, in order to achieve the safety gains everyone desires. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100129/ATALOGO) "About 90% of crashes are the...

WASHINGTON, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, American Trucking Associations made arguments before the Supreme Court of the United States in the trucking federation's ongoing challenge to the ill-founded attempt by the Port of Los Angeles to impose a comprehensive licensing scheme on trucks hauling freight in and out of the Port. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100129/ATALOGO) "We believe it is clear that in 1980 Congress established that trucking should be...

ARLINGTON, Va., March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) today launched its third annual commercial driver survey to identify CSA impacts on trucking operations, as well as driver perceptions and attitudes toward FMCSA's maturing regulatory program. This survey, which specifically seeks commercial driver input, will be compared and contrasted with data collected in 2011 and 2012 - where ATRI received responses from a...

New tractor transmission demonstrates improvement over manual and automated manual transmissions INDIANAPOLIS, March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ALSN) today announced that test fleet users achieved an average 5 percent fuel economy improvement with the Allison TC10(TM) tractor transmission over their current manual and automated manual transmissions. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120702/DE33547LOGO ) "Approximately 100 major...