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The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) announced today its release of the 2006 Annual Top Industry Issues Survey.  The American Trucking Associations (ATA) annually commissions ATRI to survey the industry to identify the most critical issues confronting the industry today and in the future. 

This is the second survey of a two-stage process to identify and prioritize top industry issues and strategies.  The first, conducted in May, surveyed freight transportation stakeholders to identify priority issues.  This survey creates a prioritization process for those issues and allows stakeholders to rank the most promising strategies for addressing each. 

The results of the survey will be released at ATA?s Annual Management Conference and Exhibition to be held in Dallas, Texas in October.  The survey can be accessed online at:

http://www.truckline.com/atri/critical_issues_survey.html

ATRI is the trucking industry?s 501(c)(3) not-for-profit research organization.  It is engaged in critical research relating to freight transportation?s essential role in maintaining a safe, secure and efficient transportation system.