Press Releases & News

Media Contact: Julie Hagen, julie@texastrucking.com or 512-914-0178

Press Releases

• December 18, 2024 - Congestion Costs Trucking Industry $108.8 Billion Nationwide: Texas Costs Exceed $9.1 Billion
• December 6, 2024 - TXTA Congratulates Omar Villarreal on Appointment to Major for TxDPS
• November 20, 2024 - TXTA Congratulates New TxDPS Director Freeman Martin 
• October 2, 2024 - TXTA Foundation Announces Additional Trade and Technical Scholarship Recipients
• September 12, 2022 - TXTA Joins the Lone Star Economic Alliance 
• August 27, 2024 - Team Texas Excels at National Truck Driving Championships
• August 21, 2024 - TXTA Endorses Senator Ted Cruz for United States Senate 
• August 14, 2024 - TXTA Foundation Honors Kirsten Barringer with the 2024 Kay Crimm Award 
• August 9, 2024 - TXTA Honors John Mondics With First Allied Appreciation Award 
• August 1, 2024 - TXTA Recognizes the 2024 Industry Safety and Maintenance Leaders 
• June 28, 2024 - TXTA Honors Marcia Faschingbauer With 2024 Leadership Award 
• June 11, 2024 - 2024 Texas Truck Driving and Technician of the Year Contest Winners 
• May 23, 2024 - TXTA Foundation Announces 2024-2025 Scholarship Recipients  
• February 13, 2024 - Texas Once Again Leads The Nation in Truck Bottlenecks 
• October 26, 2023 - Trucking Industry Congestion Costs Top $94.6 Billion Nationwide: Texas Costs Exceed $7.2 Billion 
• October 9, 2023 - TXTA Foundation Announces Additional Trade and Technical Scholarship Recipient 
• October 6, 2023 - TXTA Recognizes Award Recipients at Fall Safety Management Council Seminar 
• September 21, 2023 - Trucking Cares Foundation, TXTA Foundation Partner to Support Children’s Hospital in Austin
• September 12, 2023 - TXTA Foundation Annouces Trade and Techical Scholarship Recipients 
• August 1, 2023 – TXTA Recognizes Safety and Maintenance Leaders
• June 20, 2023 – TXTA Foundation Announces Publication of Children's Book
• May 23, 2023 – TXTA Announces Academic and Trade and Technical Scholarship Recipients
• April 26, 2023 – TXTA Announces Partnership with Wreaths Across America
• February 8, 2023 – New Research Shows Texas Once Again as the Top State for Truck Bottlenecks
• August 24, 2022 – TXTA Foundation Announces 2022-2023 Scholarship Recipients
• August 1, 2022 – TXTA Recognizes Industry Leaders at the Safety and Maintenance Luncheon
• April 13, 2022 – TXTA Statement on Enhanced Safety Inspections at the Border

• February 10, 2022 – TXTA TruckPAC Endorses Governor Greg Abbott for Re-Election

• February 9, 2022 – Texas Leads the Nation with the Most Bottlenecks in the Country
• January 13, 2022 – TXTA TruckPAC Endorses Lt. Governor Dan Patrick for Re-Election
• January 4, 2022 – TXTA Partners with Bullock Museum Traveling Exhibition Not Alone: Working Together in the Fight Against Human Trafficking
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Industry News

• Trucking News, May 3, 2024 - Waabi Opens Purpose-Built Autonomous Trucking Site in Texas 
• Transport Topics, March 15, 2024 - Texas Truckers Bring Tires, Livestock Feed in Wildfire Aid
• Driving the Line Podcast, March 4, 2024 - Why Memberships Matter: Associations & Safety
• Transport Topics, February 28, 2024 - Groups Support Werner in Legal Filing Over ‘Nuclear’ Verdict
• FreightWaves, February 13, 2024 - Texas again has highest number of traffic bottlenecks for truckers
• KXAN, December 19, 2023 - Local demand for CDL drivers continue after pandemic shortages
• WFAA, November 14, 2023 - The future is here: Autonomous trucking company Aurora expects its Texas freights to be fully self-driving by end of 2024
• KXAN, November 8, 2023 - Self-driving trucking corridor to become active in Austin area
• Transport Topics, July 21, 2023 – Company Targets Old Drive-In Theatres for Truck Parking
• Wreaths Across America, April 24, 2023 – Wreaths Across America Virtual Convoy Conversations
• Houston Chronicle, February 27, 2023 – Immigrants are Filling the Trucking Labor Gab in Houston as Foreign-Born Drivers Triple in Numbers
• FreightWaves, Feburary 13, 2023 – Trucking Associations Push to End Vaccine Mandate at US Border
• CCJ Digital, February 9, 2023 – Texas Again Home to the Worst Traffic in the U.S.
• Trucker News, November 29, 2022 – Trucking Associations Appeal to Congress to Act on Rail Contract Talks
• FreighWaves, November 4, 2022 – Experts Discuss How Truckers Can Survive Freight Recession
• Spectrum News, October 30, 2022 – Gas Prices Impact
• Texas Tribune, June 30, 2022 – A "Cloned" 18-Wheeler Made it Easy for Smugglers to Pass Through the Border
• CBS Austin, June 29, 2022 – Trucking Leaders Not Expecting Gov. Abbott's Truck Inspection Strategy to Slow Commerce
• NBC News, June 29, 2022 – Four in Custody in Texas Migrant Smuggling Case
• Texas Tribune, June 28, 2022 – 3 Men in Custody After Deaths of 51 People Found in San Antonio Truck
• KHOU 11, June 28, 2022 – Tractor-Trailer Carrying Migrants in San Antonio May Have Been Cloned
• CBS DFW, June 8, 2022 – Texas Trucking Association: We will See More Empty Shelves
• KrisTV, May 4, 2022 – Demand for Truckers Across the Nation Adds to Shortages and Inflation
• FiscalNotes, April 2022 – Drivers Wanted: Texas Trucking Strives to Stay on the Move
• Transport Topics, April 19, 2022 – Trucking, Economic Experts Weigh Impact of Texas Border Bottlenecks
• Transport Topics, April 19, 2022 – Communication is Best Tool for Natural Disaster Preparation
• Fox4 KDFW, April 15, 2022 – Gov. Abbott's Enhanced Truck Inspections Will LIkelly Lead to Higher Costs for Texans
• The Hill, April 15, 2022 – Abbott Border Inspections Threaten Fresh Produce Supply in US
• KiiiTV, April 14, 2022 – Texas Trucking Association Pushes Back on Abbott's Enhanced Checkpoint Policy
• Transport Topics, April 14, 2022 – TXTA Chief: Driver Wait Times at Border Becoming a Burden
• NewsNet, April 14, 2022 – Update on Truck Lines in Protest of Texas Gov. Orders
• Associated Press, April 13, 2022 – Texas Keeping Most Truck Inspections Despite Border Gridlock
• The New York Times, April 13, 2022 – As Texas Snarls Traffic at Border, Mexican Truckers Form Blockade
• The Washington Post, April 13, 2022 – New Texas Truck Inspection Policy Prompts Protests, Delays
• Daily Caller, April 13, 2022 – New 'Strain on the Supply Chain': Truckers are Livid Over Texas Gov. Abbott's Border Security Measures
• The Epoch Times, April 12, 2022 – Fears of Commerce Crunch as Texas Border Inspections Continue Amid Border Crisis
• Reuters, April 11, 2022 – Anger Mounts Along Texas-Mexico Border Over Long Delays to Commercial Crossings
• Dallas Morning News, April 8, 2022 – Business Leaders: Abbott's Policy Will Prove Costly
• KXXV, April 5, 2022 – Waco Truck Driving School Sees Increase in Enrollment as Country Faces Shortage
• ABC 13, April 5, 2022 – Texas Trucking Industries Encourage More Drivers
• ATA, March 24, 2022 – ATA Announces Formation of Law Enforcement Advisory Board
• CBS Austin, March 21, 2022 – Break in Texas Fuel Sales Tax Not Likely; Some Truckers OK with That
• KRLD 1080, March 21, 2022 – Ask the Expert: How are Gas Prices Affecting Texas Truckers?
• TMAF, Marcy 17, 2022 – Trucking Moves America Honors The Women of Trucking
• CBS DFW, March 7, 2022 – Drivers Filling up with Diesel Paying Nearly $5 Per Gallon in North Texas
• Fox26, January 23, 2022  – Teens Taking Big Rigs Cross-Country
• KTRH, January 17, 2022 – Trucker Shortage Continues to Cause Supply Chain Disruptions
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