American Trucking Associations

History

The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's American Trucking Associations page on 10 May 2016, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

The American Trucking Associations (ATA), founded in 1933, is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a federation of other trucking groups, industry-related conferences, and its 50 affiliated state trucking associations, ATA represents more than 37,000 members covering every type of motor carrier in the United States. Former Governor of Kansas Bill Graves is ATA's President and CEO.

According to the ATA's mission statement, their goals are "to serve and represent the interests of the trucking industry with one united voice; to influence in a positive manner federal and state governmental actions; to advance the trucking industry's image, efficiency, competitiveness, and profitability; to provide educational programs and industry research; to promote safety and security on the nation's highways and among drivers; and to strive for a healthy business environment."[1]

The Americans Trucking Associations represent the interests of trucking company owners, not United States citizen truck drivers. Truck Drivers are represented by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association.

On September 23, 1933, the American Trucking Associations was established as a national affiliation of state trucking organizations. The ATA was established by a merger of the American Highway Freight Association and the Federated Trucking Associations of America.[3]

ATA began with a staff of eight working from a three-room suite in the Transportation Building in Washington, D.C. During World War II the Army requested ATA recruit personnel for two quartermaster regiments that would become the U.S.Army Transportation Corps. With calls to the 350 members of the ATA's Trucking Service War Council, 5,700 trucking industry employees volunteered for enlisted positions and 258 volunteered for officer commissions. After the war the ATA was in the forefront of the groups and industries supporting Dwight D. Eisenhower's Interstate Highway System.[3]

The American Trucking Associations has worked on regulatory issues from the Code of Fair Competition in 1934 to the eventual deregulation of the industry.

The ATA's headquarters are in Arlington, Virginia and the ATA has a legislative affairs office on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Documents

Article Index

Date	Article	Author/Source
18 June 1999	Remarks by Secretary Slater to the American Trucking Association Board of Directors	Federal Register: USDOT (Rodney E. Slater)
23 May 2014	Hours of Service of Drivers: American Trucking Associations (ATA); Application for Exemption	Federal Register: FMCSA (Larry W. Minor)
1 May 2015	Hours of Service of Drivers: Application for Exemption; American Trucking Associations, Inc.	Federal Register: FMCSA (Larry W. Minor)
21 August 2015	Hours of Service of Drivers: Application for Exemption; American Trucking Associations, Inc.	Federal Register: FMCSA (T.F. Scott Darling, III)
7 October 2015	Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Inspection, Repair, and Maintenance; General Amendments	Federal Register: FMCSA (T. F. Scott Darling, III)
28 March 2016	Hours of Service of Drivers: American Trucking Associations (ATA); Denial of Application for Exemption	Federal Register: FMCSA (Larry W. Minor)
22 November 2016	Hours of Service of Drivers: American Trucking Associations, Inc. (ATA) Exemption; FAST Act Extension of Compliance Date	Federal Register: FMCSA (T.F. Scott Darling, III)
5 January 2018	Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Application for an Exemption From the Agricultural and Food Transporters Conference of American Trucking Associations	Federal Register: FMCSA (Larry W. Minor)
27 February 2018	Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Application for an Exemption From the Automobile Carriers Conference of the American Trucking Associations	Federal Register: FMCSA (Larry W. Minor)
15 February 2019	Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Application for an Exemption From the Automobile Carriers Conference of the American Trucking Associations	Federal Register: FMCSA (Raymond P. Martinez)
15 April 2019	Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Agricultural and Food Transporters Conference of American Trucking Associations Application for Exemption	Federal Register: FMCSA (Raymond P. Martinez)
23 April 2019	Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Agricultural and Food Transporters Conference of American Trucking Associations Application for Exemption	Federal Register: FMCSA (Larry W. Minor)
28 August 2020	Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference, American Trucking Associations, Inc., Complainant v. Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association Inc., Consolidated Chassis Management, LLC, CMA CGM S.A., COSCO SHIPPING Lines Co. Ltd., Evergreen Line Joint Service Agreement, FMC No. 011982, Hapag-Lloyd AG, HMM Co. Ltd., Maersk A/S, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd., Wan Hai Lines Ltd., Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp., and Zim Integrated Shipping Services, Respondents; Notice of Filing of Complaint and Assignment	Federal Register: FMC (Rachel Dickon)
19 April 2021	Decisiv and TMC Launch New Parts and Labor Cost Benchmark Reporting Partnership to produce a benchmarking tool designed to track key performance indicators for commercial vehicle parts and labor based on VMRS.	Press Release ( PDF) Author: Mark Wasilko Business: Decisiv, Inc. Topic: American Trucking Associations
14 July 2021	Inspection, Repair and Maintenance; Inspector Qualifications; Application for an Exemption From the American Trucking Associations (ATA)	Federal Register: FMCSA (Larry W. Minor)
13 September 2021	Costs for Fleet Maintenance and Repair Rise in First Half of 2021 Benchmarking Report from TMC and Decisiv Found Higher Parts and Labor Expenses.	Press Release ( PDF) Author: Mark Wasilko Business: Decisiv, Inc. Topic: American Trucking Associations