ARLINGTON, Va. (July 16, 2014) — Congressional passage of long-term highway funding legislation is crucial to keeping the nation's highways safe and efficient, according to Bill Graves, president and CEO of the American Trucking Associations (ATA).
“For decades, America's 3.2 million truck drivers have witnessed the effects of underinvestment in our highway systems through their windshields,” Mr. Graves said in a July 10 statement. Thousands of miles of highways are in poor condition, some 63,000 bridges are deficient, and increasing traffic congestion erodes not only highway safety but also business productivity, family time and the environment, he said.