Posts Tagged ‘RI Trucking Association’
RITA’s Truck Transportation taught to 30 Eagle Scouts at 2025 Merit Badge College
Thirty aspiring Eagle Scouts attended the “Truck Transportation” course taught by RITA’s Chris Maxwell at Saturday’s Merit Badge College. Held at Rhode Island College by Scouts BSA, the full day event offers Scouts an opportunity to meet with highly qualified professionals to learn and foster the development of lifelong interests and potential career paths. Maxwell…
Read MoreNational Truck Driver Appreciation Week: Torch Run Truck Convoy to roll in Rhode Island
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week Kicks off with Torch Run Truck Convoy to Benefit Special Olympics Rhode Island Seventy trucks are expected to roll out onto Interstate 95 this Sunday morning as part of the Annual Torch Run Truck Convoy® for Special Olympics. The event also coincides with National Truck Driver Appreciation Week that runs…
Read MoreBusiness Beat: Rhode Island Trucking Association’s 1st female chair
Photo: Debora Babin Katz, ATA President & CEO Chris Spear, and Michael Kiselica Debora Babin Katz assumed the gavel as the first woman to Chair the Board of Directors of the Rhode Island Trucking Association on Tuesday, carrying on a rich legacy within the 92-year history of that association. In doing so, she paid homage…
Read MoreLauren Lancellotta, of Johnston receives RI Trucking Assoc/Women in Trucking Foundation scholarship
The Rhode Island Trucking Association (RITA) and the Women In Trucking (WIT) Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit affiliated with the Women In Trucking Association, are pleased to announce that Lauren Lancellotta of Johnston, Rhode Island is the second recipient of the RITA WIT Foundation Lena Daly Scholarship. The award recognizes emerging leaders in the trucking industry…
Read MoreRI Trucking Association (RITA) Women in Trucking (WIT) Lena Daly Scholarship
Rhode Island Trucking Association (RITA) and the Women In Trucking (WIT) Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit affiliated with the Women In Trucking Association, are pleased to announce the creation of the RITA WIT Foundation Lena Daly Scholarship, recognizing emerging leaders in the trucking industry in the state of Rhode Island. “It was 60 years ago that…
Read MoreRIDOT Weight Restricts 13-year-old Lafayette Bridge, Ramps Up Truck Weight Enforcement – tonight at RI State House
RI Trucking Association Statement: DOT Weight-Restricts 13-Year Old Bridge, Ramps Up Truck Weight Enforcement Davisville Bridge, completed in 2007, is posted with a restriction due to structural deficiency while state, which sells overweight permits, continues redirection of blame with new legislation increasing truck weight fines On Friday, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) placed…
Read MoreRI Trucking Assoc responds to doubling of some toll fees
Recently Rhode Islanders learned that some bridge tolls would double from their original approved fees, but that that would be offset by 2 less gantries being constructed, at this time, than originally planned for. The total dollars collected are expected to be the same. There has been no official adjustment on the new number of…
Read MoreWomen in Trucking & RI Trucking Assoc names new board
The Rhode Island Trucking Association announces that Providence attorney Michael Kiselica has assumed the role as Chairman of its Board of Directors. Kiselica succeeds UPS’s Mark Giuffre and will serve a two year term as the association enters its 89th year. In November, Kiselica unveiled a platform of Board inclusiveness during his comments at the…
Read MoreRhode Island Trucking Association on the heels of tolls
The Rhode Island Trucking Association is speaking out to oppose tolls on RI highways because they negatively impact the trucking industry, and they also have predicted that truck tolls will eventually morph into tolls on all vehicles, including passenger cars.. The RI Trucking Industry released this statement: The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) filed…
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