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JENNIFER MATTHEWS-DRAKE
Matthews Publishing Group
jennifer@matthewspublishing.com HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HIGHWAYS
executive editor
SHANNON NEWTON
managing editor The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways turns 60
BETHANY MAY
contributing writers this summer. It has been called the most ambitious public works project since the age of the
STEVE BRAWNER JOHN SCHULZ Roman Empire and is literally the backbone of America’s economy.
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JENNIFER BARNETT REED TODD TRAUB
jbreed13@gmail.com toddtraub@centurytel.net
JIM HARRIS ERIC FRANCIS The construction of the interstate system has had a profound effect upon the American
jimharris@arktimes.com eric.francis@yahoo.com economy and contributed significantly to improved economic efficiency and productivity.
art director
JON D. KENNEDY The completion of the interstate system by the 1980s, coinciding with deregulation of the
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production editors trucking industry, resulted in significant gains in the competitiveness of U.S. businesses.
SARAH SHEETS, KATIE THOMASON
illustrator
BRENT BENNETT Continuous improvement and innovation have today made “just in time” delivery
brentdraw@att.net
photographers widespread and mobile inventories the norm, resulting in the nation’s trucks literally
JON D. KENNEDY, BOB OCKEN, JOHN DAVID PITTMAN
becoming rolling warehouses. Growing demand has driven logistics to become increasingly
efficient, including just-in-time delivery, increased small package delivery, demand-side
inventory management and e-commerce.
www.arkansastrucking.com Since President Eisenhower signed the system into law June 29, 1956, the U.S. population
president
SHANNON SAMPLES NEWTON has increased by 91%. The number of annual miles traveled has grown from 626 billion to
shannonnewton@arkansastrucking.com
director of operations about 3 trillion. The number of vehicles has tripled to 260 million.
SARAH NEWMAN SHEETS
sarahsheets@arkansastrucking.com
director of safety services Just in the last 15 years, the rate at which Americans travel on our interstates has grown at
DAVID O’NEAL
davidoneal@arkansastrucking.com twice the rate of new capacity.
communications coordinator
BETHANY MAY
bethanymay@arkansastrucking.com America is a nation on wheels. That our roads are well-traveled, more so every year is hardly
corporate services coordinator
KATIE THOMASON a surprise. But with growth comes growing pains. More people, with more cars, purchasing
katiethomason@arkansastrucking.com
executive assistant more products, demanding that they be delivered ASAP without the corresponding increases
CAITLIN WALRAVEN
caitlinwalraven@arkansastrucking.com in capacity results in congestion. This compromises our safety, sucks away time and money,
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
G.E. “BUTCH” RICE III and hampers our personal and commercial mobility.
Stallion Transportation Group
President & CEO
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MARR LYNN BEARDEN PAT REED The economic benefits obtained from an expansive and comprehensive surface
Marrlin Transit, Inc. FedEx Freight
President Executive Vice President & COO transportation network are threatened each year as travel becomes less efficient and reliable.
ALLEN BERRY TRACY ROSSER
Central States Manufacturing, Inc. Walmart Transportation
Transportation Director Senior Vice President
CARL BOJA WAYNE SMITH The most recent analysis by the U.S. Dept of Transportation of the condition of the nation’s
TravelCenters of America Wayne Smith Trucking, Inc.
Vice President Fleet Sales President surface transportation system found that the nation faces a significant backlog in needed
GREG CARMAN VICKI JONES STEPHENS
Carman, Inc. C.C. Jones, Inc. improvements to the tune of $189 billion.
President President

DAN CUSHMAN MARTIN TEWARI
P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. USA Truck
President & CEO President - Trucking The report also found that the nation is spending less than 2/3 of the amount needed
CRAIG HARPER TIM THORNE
J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. ABF Freight annually to keep it in the state of good repair necessary to provide adequate, if not optimal,
Executive Vice President & COO President & CEO
AL HERINGER IV TODD VENABLE capacity and safety.
Star Transportation, Inc. MHC Kenworth of Little Rock
Vice President Branch Manager
JEFF LOGGINS DOUG VOSS
Loggins Logistics, Inc. University of Central Arkansas And, while the recently enacted federal surface transportation program, the FAST Act,
President & CEO Associate Professor of Logistics
MIKE MCNUTT STEVE WILLIAMS provides a modest increase in spending, it lacks a long-term sustainable revenue source. By
Distribution Solutions, Inc. Maverick USA
CEO, Owner Chairman & CEO 2020 the shortfall into the nation’s Highway Trust Fund will be $16 billion annually.
MARK MORRIS
Morris Transportation, Inc.
President
Today’s political leaders face the challenge to insure that the safety and reliability of the
An affiliate of the American Trucking interstate system is maintained for another 60 years. Transportation investment and a
Associations sustainable, long-term funding source must remain a priority. We can’t just sing a song,
Arkansas Trucking Association (ATA) is an Arkansas corporation of trucking
companies, private carrier fleets and businesses which serve or supply the blow out the candles and hope for another good year of health and prosperity.
trucking industry. ATA serves these companies as a governmental affairs
representative before legislative, regulatory and executive branches of
government on issues that affect the trucking industry. The organization also
provides public relations services, workers’ compensation insurance, operational
services and serves as a forum for industry meetings and membership relations.
For information, contact ATA at:
1401 West Capitol, Suite 185
Post Office Box 3476 (72203)
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Shannon Newton
Phone 501.372.3462 Fax 501.376.1810 Drivers Legal Plan
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