WASHINGTON —The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) is extending the deadline for motor carriers to participate in its annual Operational Costs of Trucking report.
For-hire motor carriers can now submit data through Friday, May 15.
Data for can be submitted online or by PDF. Both forms are available on ATRI’s website along with a sample customized report and other helpful information for participants. All confidential data is protected and published only in anonymized averages. NDAs can be signed by request.
ATRI’s Operational Costs of Trucking Report
“ATRI’s Operational Costs of Trucking is trusted by thousands of industry decision makers every year as a key barometer of freight market conditions and is the leading public benchmarking tool for motor carriers of all sectors, from owner-operators to 10,000+ truck fleets,” ATRI said. “The report tracks cost metrics such as driver pay, equipment expenditures, and insurance premiums as well as key performance indicators such as non-revenue mileage, driver utilization, mileage between breakdowns and revenue per truck per week.”
All participating motor carriers receive a customized report that compares their costs and operations to an anonymized peer group of the same sector and size. New in 2026, customized reports for multi-year participants will also include year-over-year comparisons to more directly evaluate trends over time.
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