Texas Trucking Association News Updates

Government, Business, Equipment, Safety, Logistics

Texas Truckers Bring Tires, Livestock Feed in Wildfire Aid

Texas Trucking Association has been helping firefighters get truck tires to battle wildfires that have burned more than 1 million acres in the rural Panhandle.

March 15, 2024
Government, Business, Safety, For-Hire

Groups Support Werner in Legal Filing Over ‘Nuclear’ Verdict

The Texas Trucking Association and another advocacy group have filed a “friend of the court” brief with the Texas Supreme Court asking that it reject a $100 million lower-court accident verdict against Werner Enterprises.

February 28, 2024
Government, Business, Logistics

Trucking, Economic Experts Weigh Impact of Texas Border Bottlenecks

Financial reverberations from days’ worth of bottlenecks at the border between Texas and Mexico will be felt for months, trucking and economic experts said.

April 21, 2022
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

ATA Calls on Texas Governor to Stop ‘Senseless Inspections’

The head of American Trucking Associations is calling on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to end the truck inspection initiative he recently launched at the state’s border with Mexico, chastising the plan for the crippling effect it is having on the economy, and trucking in particular.

April 15, 2022
Government, Business, Logistics

TXTA Chief: Driver Wait Times at Border Becoming a Burden

The discomfort of drivers having to wait long hours to enter Texas from Mexico should be considered amid the focus on freight delays resulting from Gov. Greg Abbott’s recent directive to enhance border safety inspections, says the head of the Texas Trucking Association.

April 14, 2022
Government, Business, Safety, Logistics

Texas Expands CDL Testing to 6 Days a Week

Texas is expanding truck driver license testing to six days a week in response to a nationwide shortage that has contributed to supply chain snarls across the economy.

November 4, 2021
Government, Business, Safety

Texas Truckers Fight Inflated Medical Costs in Litigation

Trucking officials and tort reform advocates in Texas have introduced legislation seeking to end schemes between plaintiff attorneys and doctors under which medical costs related to truck accidents are overstated in court litigation.

December 15, 2020
Government

Local Forums Key to Boosting Texas’ Middling Infrastructure, State Stakeholders Say

Advocacy at the local level is key to rectifying Texas’s mediocre infrastructure, according to Travis Attanasio, vice president of professional affairs for the American Society of Civil Engineers in Texas.

September 27, 2017
Business, Equipment, Safety

Fleets Heed Call to Service for a Region in Distress

Even while Hurricane Harvey lashed Houston, trucking companies navigated whatever roads were available for rescue and supply missions in response to the Texas Trucking Association’s call for volunteers.

August 31, 2017
Business, Government

Texas Trucking Group Visits Capitol to Educate Delegation on Industry

WASHINGTON — Texas Trucking Association members blitzed Capitol Hill, visiting 36 House offices and two on the Senate side in a single day in an effort to educate lawmakers on critical industry issues.

February 24, 2014