Q4


Winter 2015


Table of Contents FEATURES


5 Graduated CDL: A Tool to Lessen


Driver Shortage? BY STEVE BRAWNER


10 Industry Operational Costs


on the Rise Again ATRI analysis on causes of increase and what they mean to you BY REBECCA M. BREWSTER


Problem of Sleep-Deprived Drivers Driver challenges to healthy living and ways to help BY MARY LOU JAY


12 Driver Health: Waking Up to the


16 COVER: Experience is the Best Teacher MMTA Chairman and President of Cowan Systems Dennis


Morgan discusses finance, family and the future BY MARY LOU JAY


21 Maryland on the Move 2015 Annual Conference takes place at Turf Valley Resort


BY SELENA GRIFFIN


30 Show & Tell TravelCenters of America prides itself on making


truck drivers’ days BY JENNIFER BARNETT REED


4 Chairman’s Message: by Dennis Morgan 29 DAtes to Know


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