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65,710

Trucking industry jobs in Nebraska (2017) That’s 1 in 12 jobs in the state

7,890

Trucking companies located in Nebraska (2017). Primarily small, locally owned businesses, these companies are served by a wide range of supporting businesses.

48%

• f Nebraska

communities depend exclusively on trucks to move their goods

Percent of total manufactured tonnage transported by trucks in the state. That’s 144,641 tons per day. (2012)

• Total trucking industry wages paid in Nebraska in

2017 exceeded $3.0 billion, with an average annual trucking industry salary of $45,470.

• Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers held 26,540

jobs with an average annual salary of $43,590 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2018)

Competitive Wages

The amount by which the U.S. large truck fatal car crash rate has dropped between 1975 and 2016.

71%

Amount the trucking industry in Nebraska paid approximately in federal and state roadway taxes (2016).

$334 million

The industry paid 47%

• f all taxes owed by

Nebraska motorists … … despite trucks representing only 9%

• f vehicle miles

traveled in the state

As of April 2018, a typical five-axle tractor-semitrailer combination paid:

$5,809

state highway user fees and taxes

$8,906

federal highway user fees and taxes

+

These taxes were over and above the typical taxes paid by businesses in Nebraska.

94,988 miles of public roads in Nebraska (2016).

1.9 billion

Miles driven by trucks

• n public roads

20.7 billion

Miles driven by all motorists on public roads

 New diesel truck engines produce 98% fewer particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions than a similar engine manufactured prior to 1990.  Sulfur emissions from diesel engines have also been reduced by 97% since 1999. EMISSIONS – Through advancements in engine technology and fuel refinements

• Trucks accounted for just 17%
• f the total highway

transportation fuel consumed.

• Trucks consumed 100 billion

fewer gallons of fuel than passenger vehicles in the U.S. The trucking industry continues to improve energy and environmental efficiency even while increasing the number of miles driven. In 2016:

2019 ATRI Trucking Issues Survey Top Ten Concerns in Nebraska

• 1. Driver Shortage
• 2. Driver Retention
• 3. Driver Compensation
• 4. Detention/Delays at Shipper Facilities
• 5. Hours of Service
• 6. Infrastructure/Congestion/Funding
• 7. CSA
• 8. ELD Mandate
• 9. Automated Truck Technology
• 10. Tied: Driver Training Standards/Economy

• 75% of drivers are detained for 2+ hours every week.
• 35% of drivers are detained for 6+ hours every week.
• On average, a driver faces seven Extended Detention Events every month.
• Drivers drive 3.5 mph faster after an Extended Detention Event.
• 81% of drivers said they feel pressured to make it to their next stop in time.

Truck Detention Rates

Hours of Service Progress

• 30-minute break based
• n not driving rather

than on-duty status

• “Split Sleeper Berth”

Rule

• Stop the clock flexibility
• Extend days with adverse

driving conditions

• Extend short-haul days to

14 hours and 150 miles

State Issues: Taxes – Taxes – Taxes Infrastructure Marijuana

We deliver so you can. That’s our mission.

We’re the statewide trade association for commercial truck and affiliated

• businesses. We deliver the essential knowledge, contacts, services, political

representation and partnerships that help our members continue to deliver the goods to Nebraska communities and throughout North America.

Assisting motor carriers with a wide variety of regulatory and compliance services.

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