Carriers petitioned the ICC in 1957 to deny the Santa Fe Railroad’s trucking subsidiary the authority to haul freight between L. A. and Holbrook.


An APS truck hauls a transformer in this 1950 photo.


In 1952, the first “Teens & Trucks” program?


Arizona Truck Service & Sales advertised a new Mack in 1950


that more than tripled truck taxes. The Act established the Highway Trust Fund where taxes on gasoline, diesel fuel, tires and trucks would be deposited after being collected by states and the federal government. In exchange for the massive tax increases, the federal government would pay 90 percent of construction costs on all Interstate system projects. In 1957, the gross revenues of the


18,000 interstate trucking companies operating under Interstate Commerce Commission authority totaled approximately $6.2 billion, compared to $5.9 billion reported the prior year. Jimmy Hoffa was


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elected president of the Teamsters Union. Diesel engines for trucks started to


gain wider acceptance even though most trucks still operated on gasoline. The federal government passed some of its first safety regulations for truck brakes, lights and signal devices. In 1950, AMTA moved from its first


office at 638 Security Building in downtown Phoenix into offices at 1633 W. Jefferson Street, just a block from the State Capitol. That same year, AMTA worked with the Legislature to keep truck lengths at 65 feet and height at 13.5 feet, and helped pass the state’s 30,000-word Uniform Traffic


Code. Nearly 200 truck operators and drivers attended an all-day safety conference sponsored by AMTA and the Maricopa County Chapter of the National Safety Council. In 1952, Ellis Wyatt was hired as AMTA’s Managing Director. In 1957, Howard Clark of Arizona


Pacific Tank Lines was elected to his third term as AMTA president (he would ultimately serve a total of six terms in that position). The association moved to new offices in the 1st National Bank Building at 411 N. Central Ave. Pacific Intermountain Express (PIE),


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