by Warren Lasch
During my tenure as the President of Precision Motor Transport Group, LLC, I belonged to the American Trucking Associations (ATA), an organization dedicated to representing members of the trucking industry. Established in 1933, ATA stands as the trucking industry’s largest national trade association.
ATA works with a federation of other trucking groups to represent the industry’s more than 37,000 members. ATA’s membership roster includes representatives from all motor carrier types in the United States. ATA speaks for the needs, safety, and careers of federation members from 50 affiliated state-trucking associations; the organization also participates in conferences concerning industry topics and issues.
Based in Arlington, Virginia, ATA is spearheaded by Bill Graves, ATA President and CEO and the former Governor of Kansas. Like his predecessors, Graves works to benefit ATA members by representing the trucking industry’s interests, advocating actions on state and federal government levels, bettering the industry’s image, and providing educational resources that help ATA members improve themselves and their careers.
ATA understands the importance of the trucking industry and its members, operating according to the trucking adage, “If you bought it, a truck brought it.” According to ATA statistics, trucks in the United States haul almost 100 percent of consumer goods and 69 percent of the country’s freight tonnage. In advocating for the industry as a whole, the ATA champions better conditions and laws for, and the overall image of, the industry.
About the author:
Previously the President of Precision Motor Transport Group, LLC, the recently retired Warren Lasch now serves as Vice-Chairman of the company. Over the course of his career, Warren Lasch established the Bavarian Motor Transport and Tri-Star Motor Transit Company subsidiaries, as well as numerous advanced transportation methods.
