The American Transportation Research Institute, the trucking industry’s not-for-profit research organization, has launched the 2020 Top Industry Issues Survey. The annual survey asks trucking industry stakeholders to rank the top issues of concern for the industry along with potential strategies for addressing each issue.

Now in its 16th year, ATRI’s annual analysis not only ranks the issues overall but also provides details on where critical topics are ranked differently by motor carriers and professional drivers. The report also allows stakeholders to monitor issues over time, to better understand which issues are rising, or falling, in criticality.

“Completing this survey only takes a few minutes, but its impact can be immeasurable,” said Randy Guillot, ATA chairman and president of Triple G Express and Southeastern Motor Freight, New Orleans, La. “The data ATRI provides maps a course for the industry to speak with a collective voice on our most important issues.”

The results of the 2020 survey will be released Oct. 27 as part of the American Trucking Associations Virtual Management Conference & Exhibition. 

“This year has been like no other we’ve seen,” said Dan Murray, ATRI senior vice president. “And understanding how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all of the trucking industry’s top issues will be a key feature of this year’s analysis.”