The average marginal cost per truck mile in 2015 was $1.59, a six percent decrease from the $1.70 in 2014, attributable mostly to the steady fall in fuel prices experienced throughout 2015. Using financial data provided directly by motor carriers throughout the country, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), which issued the report, noted that […]
Congestion on the nation’s Interstate highways added over $9.2 billion in operational costs to the trucking industry in 2013, according to research released today by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI). ATRI, the trucking industry’s not-for-profit research institute, utilized motor carrier financial data along with billions of anonymous truck GPS data points to calculate congestion […]
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), a trucking industry 501(c)(3) not-for-profit research organization, has provided pointed feedback at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA’s) field study report on the new Hours-of-Service (HOS) rules. FMCSA was directed by Congress as part of MAP-21 to study the efficacy of the restart provisions, which went into effect […]
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) today released the findings of its assessment of the Regulatory Impact Analysis used by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to justify changes to the 34-hour restart provision, which are scheduled to take effect July 1, 2013. The sweeping changes to the Hours-of-Service rules proposed by FMCSA include two […]
