ATRI is the American Transportation Research Institute, a non-political, non-profit organization that gathers facts and statistics about a wide variety of issues in trucking. They are very open about sharing their findings and welcome input from you.
ATRI researchers appear on our show every other Thursday at 8:06 central time.
Here are some upcoming topics:
Thursday, June 10
Improving Fuel Economy
Mike Tunnell will discuss the findings of the National Academy of Sciences' technology assessment for improving truck fuel economy.
Thursday, June 24
Freight Bottlenecks - Stuck in Traffic Again, Part 1
Dan Murray will co-host the first of two shows to discuss ATRI’s 100 Freight Bottleneck Analysis, including some of the most congested freight locations identified in the country.
Thursday, July 8
Freight Bottlenecks - Stuck in Traffic Again, Part 2
Rebecca Brewster will continue the discussion of ATRI’s 100 Freight Bottleneck Analysis and ask for listener input on additional locations that should be monitored for the 2010 bottleneck list.
Thursday, July 22 - No "ATRI on the Air"
Thursday, August 5
Driver Health and Wellness - The FIRST International Conference
Rebecca Brewster will co-host this show to highlight the upcoming conference focused on commercial driver health and wellness.
Dan Murray will provide an update on the pilot test of the I-95 Corridor Coalition’s truck parking availability notification system.
Thursday, September 2
Can You See Me Now?
Rebecca Brewster will review the findings of ATRI’s research on roadside worker and vehicle visibility.
Thursday, September 16
CSA 2010 - Driver Impacts
Dan Murray will discuss the top research priority as identified by ATRI’s Research Advisory Committee. While ATRI’s study is focusing on a number of issues related to CSA 2010, this show will feature driver impacts resulting from the new regulatory framework.
Thursday, September 30
Cell Phone Use by Commercial Drivers
Rebecca Brewster will co-host this show to highlight the upcoming conference focused on commercial driver health and wellness.
Thursday, October 14
The NUG Summit
Rebecca Brewster will co-host this show to feature highlights from the National Unified Goal (NUG) Summit (to be held in late-September) to advance traffic incident management and specifically, improve responder safety and safe, quick clearance of traffic incidents.
You can read reports and summaries at the ATRI website. You can also e-mail them from their site...
