Economy Leads ATRI’s List of Trucking’s Top Issues

The American Transportation Research Institute said the state of the economy ranks No. 1 on its list of the top 10 issues facing the North American trucking industry.

The economy topped the list for the third straight year in its survey of more than 4,000 trucking industry executives, ATRI said.

Proposed changes to federal hours-of-service rules lifted that issue to the No. 2 spot in this year’s survey, while driver shortage rose to No. 3, ATRI said. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s CSA program dropped two places to No. 4 on the list, ATRI said.

The complete results were released this week at American Trucking Associations’  Management Conference &  Exhibition in Grapevine, Texas.

To see the complete survey results, visit ATRI’s website, www.atri-online.org (PDF).