Mike
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The American Trucking Associations has launched a new campaign with television and digital ads over the next two months to highlight the need for more infrastructure investment in roads and bridges nationally.
"The decay of our roads and bridges simply can't wait any longer," said Chris Spear, president and CEO of ATA in a phone call with reporters Wednesday.
The campaign drive will begin in Washington, D.C., but also include other markets as the trucking association seeks to get Congress to pass an infrastructure bill with funding to address the shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund.
Spear said the trucking industry loses $74.5 billion a year just in the amount of time truckers spend sitting in traffic delays or stoppages. The average commuter will spend $1,600 a year in wasted time, fuel or vehicle damage because of decayed roads as well.
ATA backs legislation that would increase federal fuel taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel 20 cents a gallon (five cents a year over a four-year period). That would generate $340 billion more in infrastructure spending.
Trucking Group Pushes Congress to Act on Infrastructure
"The decay of our roads and bridges simply can't wait any longer," said Chris Spear, president and CEO of ATA in a phone call with reporters Wednesday.
The campaign drive will begin in Washington, D.C., but also include other markets as the trucking association seeks to get Congress to pass an infrastructure bill with funding to address the shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund.
Spear said the trucking industry loses $74.5 billion a year just in the amount of time truckers spend sitting in traffic delays or stoppages. The average commuter will spend $1,600 a year in wasted time, fuel or vehicle damage because of decayed roads as well.
ATA backs legislation that would increase federal fuel taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel 20 cents a gallon (five cents a year over a four-year period). That would generate $340 billion more in infrastructure spending.
Trucking Group Pushes Congress to Act on Infrastructure