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News iN brief, Bulldog Hiway Express. “With your important topics that affect trucking
Continued from page 12 participation, we can speak with a col- and collectively decide on the best strat-
lective industry voice on what’s most egies for addressing each.”
aTrI survEys Top TruCkIng important to us.” The results of the
ConCErns 2014 survey will be released at the ATA aTa namEs nEW CorporaTE
The American Transportation Annual Management Conference and sErvICEs CoorDInaTor
Research Institute (ATRI), the truck- Exhibition, to be held Oct. 4-8, 2014 in anD CommunICaTIons
ing industry’s not-for-profit research San Diego. CoorDInaTor
organization, launched the 2014 Top “It’s been a complicated year for the Katie
Industry Issues Survey. The annual trucking industry. We’re continuing to Thomason has
survey, commissioned by the American deal with and understand the impacts been named the
Trucking Associations (ATA), asks of the new Hours-of-Service rules on corporate services
trucking industry stakehold- our operations. While freight coordinator of the
ers to rank the top issues of ATRI demand continues to grow, Arkansas Trucking
concern for the industry along so does the shortage of quali- Association.
with appropriate strategies fied drivers, and the long- Thomason has
for addressing each issue. The term demographic trends for thomason worked with the
th
survey is in its 10 year and finding new drivers do not association since May 2013 as the
participation by trucking look promising. It can be Executive Assistant.
stakeholders has grown each tough to keep track of all the As corporate services coordinator,
year. complex issues while also trying to run Thomason will be assisting with the
“In complex times like this it is a safe and profitable business. management of the ATA’s Self Insurers’
critical that we do our part to help The survey, now in its tenth year, is Fund and providing on-going adminis-
ensure a thriving future for the truck- an opportunity for thousands of truck- trative support to the management of
ing industry,” said ATA Chairman ing industry professionals, from drivers the ATA.
Phil Byrd, Sr., President and CEO of to executives, to weigh in on the most ATA also hired Bethany May as

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