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Release Date 5/8/2007

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	Elaine Wilson, Manager of Communications 952/442-8850 ext. 206

	NASSTRAC Joins Americans For A Strong National Highway Network

	MINNEAPOLIS, MN—NASSTRAC is the first shipper organization to join a new group formed by the American Trucking Associations, called Americans for a Strong National Highway Network. The collaborative effort was passed unanimously by NASSTRAC’s executive committee at a leadership meeting May 5 in Orlando, Fla. NASSTRAC provides advocacy, education, provider relations, and networking for professionals involved in all areas of transportation, ranging from full truckload and LTL to containerization and global logistics. “We’re working together,” said Mike Regan, president of Tranzact Technologies and NASSTRAC’s advocacy chairperson. “This is a true collaboration with our carriers to call attention to the need for adequate construction and maintenance of highways.” John Cutler, NASSTRAC’s legal counsel, said “NASSTRAC and ATA are concerned about tolling, privatization, and other types of unconventional funding. Since freight volumes are projected to grow faster than investment in highway and carrier capacity, we support adequate growth in the nation’s transportation infrastructure as a whole.” “NASSTRAC members, like many transportation and logistics professionals, operate supply chains that depend on just-in-time deliveries,” said Regan. “Minimizing inventories is highly efficient, but it only works if we can count on timely deliveries. Despite NASSTRAC’s broad focus on all modes and market segments in transportation, this tends to mean relying on truck transportation over the nation’s highways – more so than any other mode used by the majority of NASSTRAC’s members." “The highway infrastructure is particularly important for shippers and the economy," according to Cutler. “We look forward to working with the ATA on these critical issues.”