Volume 2, Issue 1 March 2006 THE ATRINSIDER

The American Transportation Research Institute Check Out What’s New on the ATRI Website Idle Reduction Technology Use Expands in U.S. Trucking Industry

early $56 million is Survey participants have regarding truck idling. This www.atri-online.org already spent an estimated $8.8 may be the result of increased N expected to be spent on idle reduction technologies million on on-board idle use of idle reduction Electronic On-Board Recorders reduction technologies. These technologies by trucking (EOBR) Survey over the next five years by a sampling of trucking technologies include direct- companies in recent years. The Idle Reduction Technology: companies, according to an fired heaters (used by 32% of idling of sleeper cabs was Fleet Preferences Survey ATRI report released in early respondents), auxiliary power reported to occur primarily at Full Report and One-Page units/generators (12%), and truck stops (33%), rest stops Summary February. battery-powered air (21%), and at loading and Safety & Health Impacts of the The report, Idle Reduction conditioners (24%). unloading locations (20%). New Hours-of-Service Rules Technology: Fleet Preferences Survey, Full Report and One-Page imparts the results of a According to the report, the The report comes after the Summary nationwide survey that majority of users (81%) are trucking industry spent a generally satisfied with record breaking $87.7 billion Synthesis of Commercial Motor collected data on more than Vehicle Safety Technology 55,000 trucks. The survey, available idle reduction on fuel in 2005, a $21.8 billion Surveys: What Have We initiated in partnership with the technologies, although the increase over 2004. For many Learned? One-Page Summary Department of Energy Clean average costs for these motor carriers, fuel represents technologies appear to be a the second-highest operating Updated 50 State Economic Cities Program and the New Data and Fast Facts York State Energy Research disincentive for purchase. expense, accounting for as and Development Authority, much as 25 percent of total Sleeper cabs were reported to operating costs. was designed to further idle an average of 28 hours per understand the extent of idling week or 1,456 hours annually, For a copy of this report and during truck operations and 15-20% lower than estimates other ATRI studies, please identify actions fleets are taking contained in previous studies visit: www.atri-online.org. to reduce idling.

Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Technologies Until recently, government and ATRI initiative to conduct INSIDE THIS ISSUE: What Have industry research has focused such research. The “safety on the development and technology survey 2 We Learned? evaluation of specific synthesis” (STSS) consolidated Board of Directors technologies and all available survey data 2 hile large truck crash functionalities. However, these pertaining to on-board safety and fatality rates have Letter from the Chairman W efforts did not attempt to technologies to provide a more steadily declined over the last 2 synthesize and analyze data integrated understanding of Board Member Spotlight decade, the trucking industry collection across the discrete technology deployment issues Ludvik Koci and Federal Motor Carrier research projects. A safety and impacts. More than 19 Safety Administration Transportation Research 3 technology research synthesis studies and surveys were (FMCSA) continue to seek Board 85th Annual Meeting could offer synergies to safety collected and processed. innovative ways to improve stakeholders by identifying 3 Among the more evident RAC Member Spotlight highway safety. Research now research redundancies and findings is an increasing indicates that on-board truck information gaps, as well as John A. Culp acceptance and deployment of safety technologies may offer providing important direction 3 in-vehicle safety technologies. Research Advisory several important safety for future safety technology Committee enhancements ranging from research. 4 driver behavior feedback to (Continued on Page 4) FMCSA recently sponsored an Contact Information direct accident intercession. Page 2 The ATRInsider

Message from the Chairman Board of Directors

firmly believe that research holds the key to unlocking ways to more safely and Mr. Douglas G. Duncan I efficiently move the nation’s freight – it’s why I was so pleased to accept the ATRI Chairman chairmanship of ATRI last October. As trucking executives, we all desire to be good President and CEO corporate citizens – we want to share the highways safely, safeguard the environment FedEx Freight and protect our greatest asset, our employees. But we want to do so armed with the Memphis, TN latest information ensuring that what we do makes scientific sense and business sense.

Mr. Michael S. Card Take the issue of crash reduction. As an industry we have pursued numerous President avenues for reducing the number and severity of accidents involving our Combined Transport, Inc. trucks. We’ve purchased new equipment, invested in on-board safety technologies, Central Point, OR and done what we can to ensure that the safest drivers are behind the wheel of that equipment. With the release of ATRI’s Crash Predictor research, we now have Mr. Edward Crowell scientifically developed, credible data about which driver behaviors to look for as President indicators of future crash involvement, greatly enhancing our driver hiring and Georgia Motor Trucking Association, Inc. training practices. Atlanta, GA And it’s not just motor carriers who benefit from ATRI’s research. That same crash Mr. Hugh H. Fugleberg predictor study provides law enforcement with direction on where to focus President and COO enforcement and provides examples of some of the most successful enforcement Great West Casualty Company strategies. ATRI’s work zone research helped crystallize many of the issues facing South Sioux City, NE large trucks as they navigate through construction and work zones, providing critical Mr. Craig Harper data for state Departments of Transportation in the design of safer work zones. COO and Executive Vice President, Opera- tions Our success as an industry will come from our ability to manage our assets and J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. investments more effectively and to provide – on a continuous basis –the safe and Lowell, AR efficient movement of goods. Sound science will be a defining factor in how we do that and ATRI is here to provide that science. Mr. Ludvik F. Koci President Douglas G. Duncan Penske Transportation Components President and Chief Operating Officer Bloomfield Hills, MI FedEx Freight

Mr. Gregory L. Owen Head Coach and CEO Ability/Tri-Modal Transportation Services Inc. Carson, CA Board Member Spotlight: Lud Koci

Mr. James D. Staley President and CEO s a member of the ATRI on-highway engines worldwide. YRC Regional Transportation A Board of Directors since its inception in 2001, Lud Koci Currently, Mr. Koci serves as Akron, OH President of Penske Transportation provides valuable input garnered from a lifelong career in the Components LLC and as a director Mr. Douglas W. Stotlar of Penske Corporation. President and CEO transportation industry. CNF Inc. Born in Chicago, Mr. Koci While no stranger to those in the Palo Alto, CA began his career with General industry, Lud is also well known for Motors in 1954. Lud served in his commitment to service in a Ms. Rebecca M. Brewster a variety of capacities during his number of civic and charitable President and COO time at GM, including Vice President and organizations. He has served on the American Transportation Research Institute General Manager of Allison boards of Focus Hope, Mary’s Children Family Center, and is a Knight of the Order Atlanta, GA Division. of Malta and a Knight of the Order of the

After Penske Corporation bought Detroit Holy Sepulchre. Lud has been married for Hon. Bill Graves Diesel, Lud eventually became President and almost 50 years and he and his wife, Trudy, President and CEO CEO. Subsequent to the purchase by have had eight children; three natural and five American Trucking Associations DaimlerChrysler, he was a Vice President of adopted. Alexandria, VA DaimlerChrysler in charge of commercial Volume 2, Issue 1 Page 3

ATRI Research Featured at TRB 85th Annual Meeting

TRI’s research was recognized for its TRB Executive Committee. ATRI staff Predicting Truck Crash Involvement: A excellence by invitation for publication also participated in the exhibition, Developing a Commercial Driver Behavior and presentation at the Transportation disseminating research reports and one- Model and Requisite Enforcement Research Board 85th Annual Meeting in page summaries of ATRI studies. Countermeasures January 2006. Only a select number of The following is a list of ATRI’s Daniel Murray research submissions are accepted for presentations at the Transportation recognition by TRB each year, and ATRI Vice President, Research Research Board’s 85th Annual Meeting: had the honor of participating in a variety of capacities throughout the four-day long New Hours-of-Service Rules: Trucking meeting, entitled “Transportation 2025: Future of Truck & Bus Safety Research: Industry Reactions & Safety Outcomes Getting There from Here,” in Washington, Highlights from three 2005 Conferences D.C. Virginia Dick, Ph.D. Rebecca Brewster Research Associate The TRB Annual Meeting draws over 9,000 President and COO attendees from a variety of fields in transportation -- policy makers, Advanced Truck Engine Programs and administrators, practitioners, researchers, Freight Bottlenecks in Corridors Impacts on Highway Financing and representatives of the transportation Daniel Murray Michael Tunnell industry, government, and academic Vice President, Research Director, Environmental Research institutions attended from around the world. ATRI staff actively participated in a number Synthesis of Commercial Motor Vehicle of the presentations and sessions that Safety Technology Surveys: What Have We covered a wide swath of topics, including Learned? driver behavior, safety, and freight Virginia Dick, Ph.D. performance. ATRI is represented on a Research Associate number of TRB committees, including the

RAC Member John Culp 2005-2006 Research Advisory Committee ohn A. Culp first became J involved with ATRI in August Pete Martin, RAC Chairman Duke Drinkard Danilo J. Santini, Ph.D. 2004 when he served as a panelist on Lakeville Motor Express Southeastern Freight Lines Argonne National Laboratory data privacy concerns as part of the 2004 RAC Annual Meeting. His participation in that meeting included John R. Berry James J. Eberhardt, Ph.D. Robert W. Schomber a call for an in-depth look at FedEx Freight East U.S. Department of Energy Florida Power & Electric transportation funding, which Company eventually led to RAC members Stephen F. Campbell Williams G. Joyce, Jr. ranking the Highway Funding Commercial Vehicle Safety New York State Motor Truck Michael C. Smith, Ph.D. Analysis as a top priority for the Institute. In 2005, the ATRI Alliance Association University of Virginia Board appointed John to serve as a member of the Research Advisory Committee (RAC). Michael Conyngham Dimitri N. Kazarinoff Greer Woodruff John earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Business International Brotherhood of Eaton Corporation J.B. Hunt Transport Services Teamsters Administration degree in Accounting from the University of

Arkansas. John’s career in transportation spans over 20 years, Ronald R. Knipling, Ph.D. Garland L. Woods with the past 16 of those years as a committed employee of John Corbin Virginia Tech Transportation ABF Freight System, Inc. Institute Maverick Transportation, Inc. Maverick, based in Little Rock, Wisconsin Department

Arkansas, is a privately-held flatbed carrier, operating 994 of Transportation Skip Yeakel Don Osterberg company-owned tractors and 317 owner-operators. The North America, company specializes in the transportation of steel and building David M. Creer , Inc. Inc. materials, and operates primarily east of the Rocky Mountains. Utah Trucking Association As Maverick’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Robert G. Petrancosta Officer, John is responsible for the financial, human resources, John Culp Con-Way Transportation ATRI’s Research Advisory information technology, and maintenance areas of the Services, Inc. Committee (RAC) is respon- Maverick Transportation, Inc. company. sible for annually recom- mending a research agenda Karen Rasmussen John also serves as a financial consultant to the Board of Tom Doyle for the Institute. Arizona Trucking Association Directors of the Arkansas Trucking Association and is the QUALCOMM Wireless Busi- current Chairman of the National Accounting & Finance ness Solutions Council of the American Trucking Associations. (Continued from page 1) The American Transportation Conversely, among fleets that had not operationally deployed any onboard Research Institute technologies, the research identified “technology costs” and a need for “objective validation of safety benefits” were two of the top concerns of motor carriers. Atlanta • Sacramento • Minneapolis Interestingly, the technologies that are the most widely recognized (rollover 2200 Mill Road stability and control, lane departure warning, and forward-looking radar Alexandria, VA systems) are not presently among the most widely installed. The study notes, 22314-4677 however, that these technologies are among the fastest-growing, with more than 20% of respondents indicating plans for future installation. Phone: 703-838-1966 Fax: 703-838-0291 The associated STSS gap analysis found that additional research was needed by E-mail: [email protected] industry decision-makers for determining optimal return-on-investment timelines, developing effective driver training programs, and expanding research on technology maintenance costs, issues and training. Knowledge and Excellence Syntheses like the STSS research are an effective mechanism for identifying In Trucking and Transportation important system and user issues, and can assist safety researchers by quickly identifying research gaps and future opportunities. For a summary of ATRI’s Research report to FMCSA , visit www.atri-online.org.

We’re on the web! ATRI WANTS YOUR OPINION ON ELECTRONIC ON-BOARD RECORDERS! http://www.atri-online.org In order to better understand the current perspectives and usage of EOBRs for Hours-of-Service, ATRI is conducting surveys of EOBR users and vendors. In particular, ATRI would like to hear from carriers that are currently using EOBR technology for HOS record- keeping, and motor carriers that have considered but rejected EOBR technology for HOS record-keeping. To participate in the

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