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answered an average of six correctly. Metro area the worst. To show the dif- “We use that as one of our good
Carrier executives, who were surveyed ference that highway construction can case studies of what DOTs can do to
in 2011 and 2012, answered 11 correctly make, the monthly cost of congestion help minimize the costs,” Brewster said.
the first year and 10 right the second rose from zero to $2 million in St. ATRI released another study in
year. Perhaps most concerning, law Francis County once work began there – 2013 of 250 truck freight-significant
enforcement officers scored an average a number Brewster said was low thanks locations. As in a similar study in 2011,
of 9.32 in 2013, meaning they answered to the good job the Arkansas Highway I-290 at I-90 and I-94 in Chicago was
a third of the questions wrong. and Transportation Department has ranked as the worst bottleneck. Five of
While drivers’ scores on that survey done educating drivers and the motoring the top 10 in 2013 were in Texas.
aren’t improving, carriers are at least public about potential delays.
offering more training. Among employee
drivers, 39.5 percent reported receiving
multiple CSA training sessions in 2013, Regional Journal of the Arkansas Trucking Association Volume 6, Number 2 • April 2001 • $4.95 Award-Winning Regional Journal of the Arkansas Trucking Association Vol. 14, No. 3 • June 2009 • $4.95
up from 34.5 in 2012 and 22.7 per-
cent in 2011. The percentage of drivers ShifTing gearS
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reporting no training has declined from
41.4 percent in 2011 to 32.1 percent in
2012 to 28.4 percent in 2013.
The survey found that drivers have
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to improve industry safety, and only 5.7 25,000
percent were “very supportive” of its
ability to measure safety performance.
However, the percentage of drivers ReadeRs
“extremely concerned” about losing
their job because of CSA has dropped
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9.7 percent from 2011, and 27.6 percent stRong
are being offered monetary incentives
for safe driving – an increase from 23.2
percent in 2012.
As shown by the Critical Issues
survey, transportation infrastructure
remains an important concern for both Award-Winning Regional Journal of the Arkansas Trucking Association Vol. 15, No. 6 • December 2010 • $4.95 Award-Winning Regional Journal of the Arkansas Trucking Association Vol. 16, No. 3 • Issue 3 2011 • $4.95 Award-Winning Regional Magazine of the Arkansas Trucking Association Vol. 17, No. 2 • Issue 2 2012 • $4.95 Award-Winning Regional Journal of the Arkansas Trucking Association Vol. 15, No. 2 • April 2010 • $4.95
drivers and carrier executives.
There are good reasons for that.
ATRI released a report in April calculat-
ing the cost to the trucking industry of
interstate congestion. In 2013, it was
$9.2 billion with 141 million lost hours
of productivity – the equivalent of more
than 51,000 drivers sitting idle for a Already an award-winning regional magazine, we’re
year. Because of congestion, an aver- pleased to announce Arkansas Trucking Report
age of $864 was lost per registered large
truck with a gross vehicle weight rat- (ATR) still boasts a more than 25,000 readers
ing of more than 10,000 pounds. The nationwide and we continue to grow. that makes
completely urban District of Columbia ATR a great place for you to advertise.
ranked highest in total cost per mile
with almost $1.1 billion lost to conges- If you want to reach this highly targeted, influential group of our industry's
tion – far more than the $343,000 lost leading decision-makers and ask them to consider purchasing your products or
in California. Nebraska was the cheap- services, then you’ll want to place an ad in every issue of ATR.
est of the lower 48 with a cost of only
$5,387. Eighty-nine (89) percent of the Please contact Jennifer Matthews, publisher, jennifer@matthewspublishing.com
cost was concentrated in 12 percent of to make it happen.
interstate miles, with the Los Angeles

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