The next California Transportation Permit Advisory Council (CTPAC) meeting will be on Thursday, June 15, 2017 at 12:00pm at CTA Headquarters in Sacramento. The purpose of the CTPAC is to provide a forum for government and industry viewpoints on State transportation permitting policies and procedures.

CTA is a member of the Small Business Employer Advisory Committee (SBEAC), which provides small business employers and the EDD’s Tax Branch the opportunity to better understand each other’s needs by addressing issues of mutual concern. As a member of SBEAC, CTA plays a role on behalf of the small business employer community and has provided feedback to the EDD’s Tax Branch on various tax policy and procedural initiatives.

Last week the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) held its quarterly Large Vehicle Safety Working Group meeting in San Francisco at the SFMTA headquarters. In addition to CTA, the working group includes many of San Francisco’s agencies as well as other special interest groups. Below is a summary of some of the items discussed.

Bay Area, Central Coast, Central Valley, Kern, Los Angeles/Orange, Redwood Empire, Sacramento, San Bernardino/Riverside, San Diego/Imperial, San Joaquin, Sierra Cascade, and Tri-County. Find information and photos on your unit!

Join us to hear about why training on demand is more popular now than ever before. You’ll also see a demo of how user-friendly the J.J. Keller Training on Demand site is to use. With over 100 streaming video titles, and nearly 400 interactive courses, this is something you will not want to miss.

CTA along with Caltrans and the CHP will be hosting a "Lessons Learned" roundtable discussion regarding this year’s unprecedented storms that had a tremendous impact on the trucking industry’s ability to transport goods over the Donner Pass region.

Register now for Safety Council meeting in your area. The Southern Safety Council is on June 13 and the Northern Safety Council meeting is on June 20. The topic of each meeting will be "Truck Safety & Terrorism." Lunch will be provided.

The hotel registration deadline at the Hyatt Regency Indian Wells Resort & Spa has passed, but they still have a limited number left at our low group rate of $115. The Hyatt is the venue for CTA’s Board of Directors & Policy Committee Meetings, June 21 – 22, 2017.

Researchers at U.C. Berkeley & Volvo are currently conducting an on-the-road driving study on the topic of truck platooning. The study will be conducted on roads in the San Francisco Bay Area. They are currently looking for 3 participants for daytime testing and 12 for nighttime testing.

The Permanent Fleet Registration (PFR) program is a convenient way to maintain your fleet’s registration. CTA is looking for members with a PFR account that would like to use CTA’s exclusive member vehicle registration service to manage your account for you.

Congratulations to the following drivers and their companies for coming in First Place in their divisions at Sunday's California Truck Driving Championships State Finals held in Sacramento. These Champions will be competing for California at American Trucking Associations National Step Van & Truck Driving Championships, August 8-12, 2017 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL.

We were fortunate to have had Goodday Sacramento join us at the Northern California Truck Driving Championships in Sacramento on May 20. We were thrilled to be featured in not only one, but two segments! A big thanks to XPO Logistics, Inc. Regional Safety Manager, Ed Boe for participating and helping raise public awareness of our CTA members’ continued efforts and dedication to safety and professionalism in the industry

Chris Hantz, a driver for longtime CTA member, Antonini Freight Express, Inc. of Lathrop, Ca., is doing something very courageous and bold on May 30, 2017. Chris is donating a kidney to his father, Joe Casale. Joe, a resident of Mott, North Dakota has been fighting kidney disease for the past 3 years and on dialysis for the past 15 months.

Do you have drivers that are committed to highway safety? Do you know someone that deserves to be recognized for their safe driving record? NOW is the time to nominate your most valuable commodity – safe drivers, for the Driver of the Month/ Driver of the Year program. Nomination forms can be found on the CTA website.

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