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ARLINGTON, VA - The American Trucking Associations (ATA) announced the Captains of the 2011-2012 America's Road Team, a group of million-mile, accident-free professional truck drivers.

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ARLINGTON, VA -- The American Trucking Associations (ATA) announced the appointment of Mary Phillips as senior vice president of Legislative Affairs. Phillips returns to ATA after serving as Vice President of Legislative Affairs in 2005 and 2006.

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TAMPA, FL - "Extending the Boundaries of Vehicle Maintenance" is the theme of American Trucking Associations' Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) 2011 Annual Meeting and Transportation Technology Exhibition, to be held Feb. 8-11 at the Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Fla.

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WASHINGTON - The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has granted three petitions filed with it by the American Trucking Associations and strongly supported by TRALA.

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ARLINGTON, VA - ATA's Safety Management Council announced its 2010 award winners at its Safety & Human Resources National Conference & Exhibition in Rogers, Ark.

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RALEIGH, NC - First-time competitor Jeffrey Schlecht, Omaha Truck Center, Norfolk, Neb., was recognized today as the trucking industry's top technician after being named grand champion of the Technology & Maintenance Council's (TMC) 2010 National Technician Skills Competition.

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ARLINGTON, VA - The number of truck-involved traffic fatalities declined 20 percent in 2009, dropping from 4,245 in 2008 to 3,380 in 2009. The reduction is the lowest level in recorded Department of Transportation history and also shows a 33-percent decrease in fatalities since the improved hours-of-service regulations first became effective in January 2004.

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ARLINGTON, VA - The Trucking Industry Mobility and Technology Coalition (TIMTC) will facilitate a Truck IntelliDrive and Smart Roadside session at the Technology and Maintenance Council's (TMC) 2010 Fall Meeting in Raleigh, N.C., Sept. 22.

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WARRENVILLE, IL - Navistar International Corporation recently presented a $10,000 check to the American Trucking Associations (ATA) in support of the ATA's driver recruitment initiative which promotes careers in the trucking industry as an option for returning military personnel.

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ARLINGTON, VA - The American Trucking Associations (ATA) joined petroleum refiners and other end-users in a legal challenge to California's recently enacted low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS).

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WASHINGTON - Few occupations feel every jolt along the nation's economic highway as deeply as trucking. Although the American Trucking Associations reported a slight rise in business in November (2008), the previous month was the worst October (2008) for hauling cargo by truck in five years.

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WASHINGTON - Over-the-highway trucks will be able to carry up to 97,000 pounds if the Safe and Efficient Transportation Act of 2009, which is currently in House subcommittee, passes. Under present law, trucks can carry up to 80,000 pounds.

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WASHINGTON - Investment in highway construction and repair will create jobs and spur economic recovery, officials from the American Trucking Associations (ATA) told President Barack Obama at last week's National Jobs Summit.

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WASHINGTON - Truck tonnage declined less than one-half-percent in October, the last month for which tonnage numbers were available.

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ARLINGTON, VA - The American Trucking Associations is working in conjunction with the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA), the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), and other safety partners, to educate all motorists about highway safety through the Operation Safe Driver program.

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ARLINGTON, VA - The American Trucking Associations strongly supports the safety objectives in new legislation that encourages states to ban texting while operating a motor vehicle.

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WASHINGTON - A new study shows that clean diesel technologies in engines manufactured beginning in 2007 not only reduced certain emissions by 90 percent over 2004 models, but far exceeded expectations in their performance in cleaning up the nation's air quality.

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NEW ORLEANS – Select International will introduce RoadWorthy, a remote assessment that provides intelligent decision support for driver selection, at The American Trucking Associations (ATA) Management Conference and Exhibition.

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ARLINGTON, VA – Truck tonnage dropped 3.3 percent last month to its lowest level since November 2007.

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ALEXANDRIA, VA – Truck tonnage was flat in February, but the American Trucking Associations (ATA) isn’t too worried. In fact, ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello said February’s reading was “encouraging.”

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ALEXANDRIA, VA – Diesel fuel prices will reach record highs in 2008. The trucking industry will spend $135 billion on diesel this year, a $22 billion increase over what the trucking industry spent on diesel in 2007

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