The American Trucking Associations said this week that it has hired Mike Joyce, a veteran of the trucking industry as well as Capitol Hill, to be the agency’s new senior vice president of legislative affairs. Read More »

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) recently began to accept nominations for the 2017-2018 America’s Road Team of professional truck drivers. Read More »

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) released the schedule for its first Executive Leadership Forum during its Technology and Maintenance Council’s (TMC) Annual Meeting and Transportation Technology Exhibition Monday, Feb. 29, in Nashville at the Omni Nashville Hotel. Read More »

The construction industry hired 18,000 new workers in January, reaching the highest employment levels since 2008, based on a data analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America. Read More »

The Associated General Contractors of America (AGCA) released its latest analysis of federal employment data, which suggested that U.S. construction employment is expected to continue increasing throughout 2016 in most metropolitan areas. Read More »

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) said on Monday that in the third quarter of 2015, large truckload (LTL) carriers' annualized driver turnover rate rose 13 points to 100 percent, the highest total in the last three years. Read More »

The Associated General Contractors of America honored three student chapters in Iowa, Oregon and California this week. Read More »

The Associated General Contractors of America on Tuesday released its Labor Department data analysis, which shows the biggest increases and declines for the construction industry in 2015. Read More »

Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have intercepted a record-breaking 2,653 firearms from carry-on bags in 2015, compared with the previous record of 2,212 firearms detected in 2014. Read More »

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) have released its advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index for December 2015, indicating a rise of 1 percent for the month. Read More »

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe recently said the state’s new data-driven prioritization process included approximately 300 transportation projects. Read More »

Analysts from the American Trucking Associations (ATA) recently used road accident and mileage data from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to demonstrate that there has been a short-term and long-term decline in the rate of truck-related fatalities in the U.S. trucking industry. Read More »

Officials with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Pre application program said recently that the program has broken the over 2 million-traveler mark in total membership. Read More »

The American Trucking Associations' (ATA) Technology and Maintenance Council (TMC) will celebrate its 60th anniversary at its Annual Meeting and Transportation Technology Exhibition, Feb. 29 to March 3 in Nashville. Read More »

A recent survey from Associated General Contractors of America and Sage Construction and Real Estate finds that 71 percent of U.S. construction firms plan to boost hiring in 2016 in anticipation of growing public and private market demands, suggesting the construction industry is optimistic about the future. Read More »

Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) detected more guns at checkpoints at Virginia's Norfolk International Airport in 2015 than the previous two years combined. Read More »

Recent figures from the Associated General Contractors of America indicated there has been sustainable, strong, year-over-year growth rates for the U.S. construction industry. Read More »

New data from the Associated General Contractors of America shows that there has been an increase in construction employment in 190 of the 358 metro areas in the United States. From November 2014 to 2015, the areas with the highest growth include New York City, West Virginia and Ohio. Regions with declines in construction employment include Texas and Mississippi. Read More »

Officials from the TSA recently added eligible Allegiant customers to its Pre?® program, which is an expedited screening travelers' program. With the Pre?® screening, travelers don’t have to take off their shoes, show their laptops, remove their belts or light outerwear or set aside their 3-1-1 liquids, allowing the TSA to screen low-risk travelers faster than traditional methods. Read More »

The ATA recently reduced its For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index by 0.9 percent to make its advanced seasonal adjustment. The index was previously increased by 1.8 percent in October. The index amounted to 134.3 for the month of November. This is a decrease from the initial 135.5 figure for the month of October. This figure also shows that the index is 1.1 percent beneath the record high. Read More »