2022 marks NorthAmerican Transportation Association’s 33rd anniversary

As many of you know, 2022 marks NorthAmerican Transportation Association’s 33rd anniversary. This is an exciting milestone for us and we’re so grateful that thousands of you have trusted your business needs to us over the years.

Among many exciting developments that are scheduled to take place this year, we have a major announcement to make. After careful thought and consideration, we have decided to relocate our corporate office from Reno, Nevada back to the state Capital, Carson City. This will allow us to have a more dynamic office space, and the ability to serve our members even more effectively.

Our official move date is March 25, 2022, but we are already in the process of getting things in order to make this transition as smooth as possible. Our New Nevada address is: NorthAmerican Transportation Association, 680 West Nye Lane, Suite 201, Carson City, NV 89703.

Next, in January we officially merged our drug program with Nationwide Testing, creating a larger and more comprehensive program. The main change is that our internal personnel are not handling the drug testing paperwork, but our members are benefiting from the new lower pricing and expanded testing facilities. We did this because we wanted OUR MEMBERS to benefit by saving money and having more flexibility.  You can get more information about our new Drug Testing program at: [email protected].

These internal changes have allowed us to pursue new possibilities within the Transportation Industry.  The NTA is excited to launch a new pilot program – The NTA Transport Academy. The Transport Academy will offer comprehensive instruction for new drivers entering the industry, with the goal of setting up ready-to-roll Independent Carriers with the high standards of the NTA. 

We are currently pursuing government funding from the DOT to totally subsidize full scholarships for those who qualify to become well-qualified professional truck drivers by the new DOT Standards.  In the process, we will be able to provide our Member Fleet owners with compliant-ready Independent Contractors to add to their driving force.  We hope this will be a win-win for everyone involved.

Yes, that’s right you can dream of getting your Class A or B license at the Academy door and walk out of the Academy driving and owning your own company, all fully paid for. The DOT has realized there is a shortage of drivers and NTA will be there to help make those dreams come true.

Next, we are introducing our NEW Market Segment Specialization Program (MSSP).

NorthAmerican Transportation Association’s Business Services is a valuable resource to our members. It is a one-of-a-kind service that no other association provides. 

Yes, That right Not OOIDA, Not NASTC or NAIT.

As an NTA member, you have access to our vast expertise and experience of the complex issues truckers deal with every day. NTA’s Business Services staff can assist members on such topics as developing their own customers, branding, business loans, the interpretation of the federal regulations, drug testing issues, law enforcement, and protection of their rights under lease agreements.

For intrastate motor carriers, under this one-of-a kind program, we will help you set up your own customized traffic lanes to the major cities of your choice using our “Wagon Wheel” example with as many leads as you want. We will customize your own business introduction letter to help you get set up. Prices start as low as $97.00.

For interstate motor carriers, under this same one-of-a king program, we will help you set up your own customized traffic lanes to major cites of your choice or by region of your choice. Regions such as New England states with CT, ME, MA, RI and VT are available.

We can customize your customers by Industry, Geographical or by the Standard Industrial Classification system (SIC).

Data from the Bureau of Labor Statics (BLS) shows that approximately 20% of new businesses fail during the first two years of being open, 45% during the first five years, and 65% during the first 10 years. Only 25% of new businesses make it to 15 years or more.

Next, provisional data from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics indicate that there were an estimated 100,306 drug overdose deaths in the United States during 12-month period ending in April 2021, an increase of 28.5% from the 78,056 deaths during the same period the year before.

Therefore, to combat this epidemic, NTA is now offering Verifique & SwabTek detection kits for the first time. So, while the husband is away driving the wife can have some peace of mind. Stay at-home moms can detect narcotics in samples such as pills, powders, oils, edibles and plant material, as well as items suspected of being drug paraphernalia, such as pipes, vape pens, baggies and needles, with results in under 30 seconds. The easy and discrete tests are non-confrontational and utilize a patented dry reagent technology that makes them safe and convenient to use anywhere. 

Next, The DOT plans to allow Oral Fluid as a drug Testing Method. A notice of proposed rulemaking to amend the transportation industry’s drug testing program procedures is set to publish in the Federal Register on Monday, Feb. 28. The public will have 30 days to comment.

If this proposed rulemaking goes into effect, you can count on NTA to offer it. 

The proposal follows the Department of Health and Human Services’ 2019 rule that allowed federal executive branch agencies to use oral fluid specimens as part of the drug testing. Although the rule went into effect on Jan. 1, 2020, each agency is required to go through its own rulemaking process. Monday’s notice of proposed rulemaking marks the beginning of that process for the Department of Transportation.

“This will give employers a choice that will help combat employee cheating on urine drug tests and provide a more economical, less intrusive means of achieving the safety goals of the program,” the notice stated. “The proposal includes other provisions to update the department’s regulation and to harmonize, as needed, with the new mandatory guidelines for federal workplace drug testing programs using oral fluid established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.”