Latest News Updates From David Barnes

ATA Pushes for Negotiations on Hours Rules

American Trucking Associations wants the Department of Transportation to scrap its proposed revisions to the hours-of-service regulations in favor of negotiating a rule with industry and other stakeholders.

July 6, 2000
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TCA Chief: No More Integration Talks With ATA on the Horizon

The Truckload Carriers Association does not plan any more integration discussions with American Trucking Associations, according to TCA Chairman Robert Hansen.

July 5, 2000
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PTDI Urged to Expand Training Certification

The Professional Truck Drivers Institute is walking slowly down the road to independence.

July 5, 2000
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LTL Carriers Ask Review Of Safety Expectations

A trucking group wants the Department of Transportation to take a second look at its estimates of the amount of lives its overhaul of hours-of-service regulations would save.

July 5, 2000
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Truckload Carriers Solicit Support From Shippers in Hours Fight

Members of the Truckload Carriers Association are urging shippers to join them in fighting proposed changes in the federal hours-of-service regulations governing truck drivers. They are also suggesting points to stress in filing comments with the Department of Transportation.

July 5, 2000

TCA Chief: No More Integration Talks

The Truckload Carriers Association does not plan any more integration discussions with American Trucking Associations, according to TCA Chairman Robert Hansen.

July 5, 2000

LTL Carriers Ask Review Of Safety Expectations

Less-than-truckload carriers want the Department of Transportation to take a second look at its estimates of the amount of lives its overhaul of hours-of-service regulations would save.

July 5, 2000

TCA Seeks Support to Fight Hours Proposal

Members of the Truckload Carriers Association are urging shippers to join them in fighting proposed changes in the federal hours-of-service regulations governing truck drivers.

June 30, 2000

PTDI Urged to Expand Training Certification

The Professional Truck Drivers Institute is walking slowly down the road to independence as a transition committee recommended the organization expand its certification program.

June 30, 2000

Shipper-Carrier Code Stalls on Language

Efforts to create a “best practices” guide for shippers and motor carriers are stalled, according to the two groups involved in the project.

June 29, 2000