We at ICSA are happy the infrastructure bill was passed and signed into law this week, including money both for repairs of existing roads and bridges as well as for new construction to create more highway capacity. Just as important is what’s NOT in the bill, such as several anti-truck provisions, including:
Unfortunately, funding for expanded truck parking was another casualty of the final bill, leaving individual states the challenge of finding other funding to improve truck parking. The lack of safe truck parking tied for the #1 issue cited by truck drivers in the recent 10 Top Trucking Issues survey conducted by ATRI, as described above.
Every year, TAT (formerly called Truckers Against Trafficking) honors a member of the trucking, bus or energy industry, whose direct actions help save or improve the lives of those exploited or prevent human trafficking from taking place, with the Harriet Tubman Award
Bob Costello has indicated that the freight market has improved – but very slowly – since January. It must be said that ATA’s indices are dominated by contract freight as opposed to spot rates.
Now, however, with Republican control of both houses of Congress and the White House (and, some say, the Supreme Court) I am optimistic that trucking will get a fairer shake than it has during Biden’s term in office.