Austin, Texas - The American Transportation Research Institute, the trucking industry's not-for-profit research institute, today unveiled its Top Industry Issues report, which includes the list of the top ten critical issues facing the North American trucking industry. For the second year in a row, the driver shortage is the top-ranked issue.The need to recruit qualified truck drivers is not a new issue for the industry. In fact, the Driver Shortage has been a top-three issue in 12 out of th...

Arlington, Virginia - The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) today launched its initiative to collect and warehouse anonymized electronic logging device data. With universal deployment of electronic logging devices (ELDs), the industry now has a new opportunity to document and address the many issues that impact driver and carrier safety, operations, and productivity using the more robust data available from ELDs."The new data generated by ELDs can provide a wealth of insight...