ATA: Trucking Continues to Dominate Freight Movement in U.S.; Motor Carriers Move Five Times More Freight than Rail, Nearest Competitor.Business/Photo Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available A photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.012903/bb8 ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2003 The trucking industry will continue to dominate domestic freight transportation modes, increasing to 68.2 percent its share of all freight tonnage TONNAGE, mar. law. The capacity of a ship or vessel. 2. The act of congress of March 2, 1799, s. 64, 1 Story's L. U. S. 630, directs that to ascertain the tonnage of any ship or vessel, the surveyor, &c. moved throughout the U.S. by 2008, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the American Trucking Associations (ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment ) soon-to-be-released U.S. Freight Transportation Forecast to 2014. "This number represents a gain in market share of 0.8 percentage points and keeps trucking squarely in the driver's seat driv·er's seat n. A position of control or authority. as the dominant mode of transportation for delivering America's goods," said Bob Costello, ATA Chief Economist The Chief Economist is a single position job class having primary responsibility for the development, coordination, and production of economic and financial analysis. It is distinguished from the other economist positions by the broader scope of responsibility encompassing the and Vice President. The forecast projects rail will move 13.4 percent of domestic tonnage (primarily bulk freight) five years from now and that the volume of freight carried by rail intermodal (shared container/truck movements) will be 1.4 percent. Pipeline will transport 9.3 percent of freight volume, water passage will move 7.6 percent, and air deliveries will carry 0.2 percent of total tonnage. There is no "free lunch" either when it comes to moving freight, according to another ATA publication, Standard Trucking and Transportation Statistics, or STATS. The bi-monthly bulletin reports that commercial trucks paid $31.8 billion in federal and state highway user taxes in 2000--$16.5 billion to the states and $15.3 billion to the federal government. As of January 2002, the federal fuel tax for each gallon of diesel fuel was 24.4 cents. The American Trucking Associations is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a federation of other trucking groups, industry-related conferences, and its fifty affiliated state trucking associations, ATA represents nearly 38,000 members covering every type of motor carrier in the U.S. ATA aggressively promotes highway safety and security and represents the interests of 10.1 million people directly and indirectly employed by the trucking industry before the White House, the U.S. Congress, the courts and federal and state regulatory agencies state regulatory agency A state body responsible for establishing professional standards, and for certifying professionals or organizations through appropriate documentation . Note: A photo is available at URL: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.012903/bb8 |
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