Feb 10, 2022
A key element of the CTPS project is the study of human factors – including fatigue – and for Mike Harnett, president of Solaris Fatigue Management, her company is the link between science and applying fatigue management in the real world of their customers. “I always...
Feb 3, 2022
Rob Dombowsky, AMTA Industry Advisor, Human Resources & Labour COVID-19 is everchanging, as such WCB Alberta and OHS regularly review and update their positions and interpretations. This article provides information on a few recent WCB fact sheets that employers...
Jan 27, 2022
AMTA is releasing a series of profiles of the people involved with the Cooperative Truck Platooning System (CTPS) project currently collecting data from the nation’s first pair of artificially intelligent semi-trucks of their kind. With more than 40 years of...
Jan 25, 2022
– AMTA 75 commercial drivers were feeling the holiday spirit Dec. 25 when they were presented with dinners arranged by a group of ladies who wanted to make a difference. The meals were handed out at the Flying J Travel Center on 40 Street in southeast Calgary. “Turkey...
Jan 24, 2022
Dave Elniski, AMTA Industry Advisor, Safety & Compliance This article will be published in March of 2022 in the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) magazine, Guardian. Digital editions of Guardian can be found at this link. In occupational health and...
Jan 19, 2022
Photo: AMTA Board Chair Jude Groves handing out gift bags to commercial drivers during Driver Appreciation Days, September 2021. –This piece by AMTA Board Chair Jude Groves was published in the Calgary Herald Jan. 19, 2022 With Canadians grappling with inflation not...
Jan 18, 2022
Data collection has begun for the nation’s first pair of artificially intelligent semi-trucks of their kind, which are part of a project studying the safety and benefits of connected commercial transportation on Canadian roadways. The Alberta Motor Transport...
Jan 18, 2022
Dave Elniski, Industry Advisor, Safety & Compliance, AMTA In March of 2019, the Government of Alberta published a document titled Prevention Initiative for Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety System. In eighteen succinct pages, Alberta Labour identifies the...
