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JENNIFER BARNETT REED
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JON D. KENNEDY, BOB OCKEN, JOHN DAVID PITTMAN JOHN SCHULZ
The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways turns 60 this summer. It has been called the most ambitious public works project since the age of the Roman Empire and is literally the backbone of America’s economy.
The construction of the interstate system has had a profound effect upon the American economy and contributed significantly to improved economic efficiency and productivity. The completion of the interstate system by the 1980s, coinciding with deregulation of the trucking industry, resulted in significant gains in the competitiveness of U.S. businesses.
Continuous improvement and innovation have today made “just in time” delivery widespread and mobile inventories the norm, resulting in the nation’s trucks literally becoming rolling warehouses. Growing demand has driven logistics to become increasingly efficient, including just-in-time delivery, increased small package delivery, demand-side inventory management and e-commerce.
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SHANNON SAMPLES NEWTON
shannonnewton@arkansastrucking.com director of operations
SARAH NEWMAN SHEETS
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director of safety services DAVID O’NEAL
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communications coordinator BETHANY MAY
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corporate services coordinator KATIE THOMASON
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executive assistant CAITLIN WALRAVEN
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Stallion Transportation Group President & CEO
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MARR LYNN BEARDEN Marrlin Transit, Inc. President
Central States Manufacturing, Inc. Transportation Director
TravelCenters of America Vice President Fleet Sales
GREG CARMAN Carman, Inc. President
P.A.M. Transportation Services, Inc. President & CEO
Executive Vice President & COO AL HERINGER IV
Star Transportation, Inc. Vice President
Loggins Logistics, Inc. President & CEO
Distribution Solutions, Inc. CEO, Owner
Morris Transportation, Inc. President
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ARKANSAS TRUCKING REPORT | Issue 3 2016
Today’s political leaders face the challenge to insure that the safety and reliability of the interstate system is maintained for another 60 years. Transportation investment and a sustainable, long-term funding source must remain a priority. We can’t just sing a song, blow out the candles and hope for another good year of health and prosperity.
MARK MORRIS MIKE MCNUTT JEFF LOGGINS J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. CRAIG HARPER DAN CUSHMAN CARL BOJA ALLEN BERRY
Executive Vice President & COO TRACY ROSSER
Walmart Transportation Senior Vice President
Wayne Smith Trucking, Inc. President
VICKI JONES STEPHENS C.C. Jones, Inc. President
President - Trucking
MHC Kenworth of Little Rock Branch Manager
University of Central Arkansas Associate Professor of Logistics
STEVE WILLIAMS Maverick USA
Chairman & CEO DOUG VOSS
President & CEO TODD VENABLE
TIM THORNE ABF Freight
MARTIN TEWARI USA Truck
WAYNE SMITH FedEx Freight PAT REED
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD G.E. “BUTCH” RICE III
Just in the last 15 years, the rate at which Americans travel on our interstates has grown at twice the rate of new capacity.
America is a nation on wheels. That our roads are well-traveled, more so every year is hardly a surprise. But with growth comes growing pains. More people, with more cars, purchasing more products, demanding that they be delivered ASAP without the corresponding increases in capacity results in congestion. This compromises our safety, sucks away time and money, and hampers our personal and commercial mobility.
The economic benefits obtained from an expansive and comprehensive surface transportation network are threatened each year as travel becomes less efficient and reliable.
The most recent analysis by the U.S. Dept of Transportation of the condition of the nation’s surface transportation system found that the nation faces a significant backlog in needed improvements to the tune of $189 billion.
The report also found that the nation is spending less than 2/3 of the amount needed annually to keep it in the state of good repair necessary to provide adequate, if not optimal, capacity and safety.
And, while the recently enacted federal surface transportation program, the FAST Act, provides a modest increase in spending, it lacks a long-term sustainable revenue source. By 2020 the shortfall into the nation’s Highway Trust Fund will be $16 billion annually.
Since President Eisenhower signed the system into law June 29, 1956, the U.S. population has increased by 91%. The number of annual miles traveled has grown from 626 billion to about 3 trillion. The number of vehicles has tripled to 260 million.
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