ATRI research quantifies impact of non-preventable crashes on CSA scores
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has released its latest CSA research, “Assessing the Impact of Non-Preventable Crashes on CSA Scores.” In this analysis, ATRI investigated the impact that excluding non-preventable crashes would have on motor carrier CSA Crash Indicator BASIC measures. The analysis used carrier crash records, mapped to the FMCSA’s Motor Carrier Management Information
Checks and balances for truck industry regulations
Once political appointees obtain the jobs they’ve campaigned for, they immediately begin campaigning to either keep the job they got appointed to or get promoted. They virtually never bother to improve the organization they head. For example, for more than 50 years, the U. S. Postal Service (USPS) has lost money. The USPS asks Congress
Significant increase in truck accidents after 34-hour restart provisions
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released the results of a new analysis of the safety and operational impacts from the 34-hour restart provisions. The truck GPS data analysis identified a shift of truck traffic from nighttime to daytime and a shift of truck traffic away from the weekends to more congested weekdays, with the biggest
Driver shortage: Drivers nearing retirement, decrease in younger drivers
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released a white paper highlighting a challenging future for the trucking industry. The findings document implications for the ongoing driver shortage. ATRI’s analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data found that the trucking industry is disproportionately dependent on employees 45 years of age or older, many of whom will retire
Judy McReynolds named ATRI chairman
Judy R. McReynolds, president and chief executive officer of ArcBest Corp., has been named chairman of the board of the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI). McReynolds succeeds Steve Williams, chairman and chief executive officer of Maverick Transportation, who recently completed his term as ATRI chairman. McReynolds was first appointed to the ATRI board of directors in
Regulations & business operations: Living in harmony
In today’s ever-changing regulatory landscape, fleets are faced with two options—adapt or perish. Faced with heightened regulations, such as FMSCA’s hours-of-service (HOS) rules, ensuring compliance is paramount to a fleet’s success. With the risk of hefty fines and harmful Compliance, Safety & Accountability (CSA) scores on the table, fleets must not only adjust to the
Trucking industry’s operational costs on the rise
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released the findings of its 2014 update to An Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking. The research, which identifies trucking costs from 2008 through 2013 derived directly from fleets’ financial and operational data, provides motor carriers with an important high-level benchmarking tool and government agencies with real world
Disparities in CSA enforcement found
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) recently released findings from a study it conducted, which revealed that state enforcement disparities create uneven safety playing fields for carriers that have different operating patterns and mileage exposure in the lower 48 states. It also discovered that there are different priorities and violation issuance rates across states that
CSA report card
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) Compliance, Safety and Accountability (CSA) initiative is still a thorn in the paw for the trucking industry. One of the reasons is that shippers have become more selective of the carriers they hire and are requesting both the publicly and non-publicly available Behavior Analysis & Safety Improvement Categories
ATRI study identifies operational, economic impact from new HOS rules
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released the findings of its latest analysis of the operational and economic impacts resulting from the new hours-of-service (HOS) rules, which went into effect July 1, 2013. The changes to the HOS rules implemented by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) include provisions which limit use of the 34-hour
