Bill Graves, president and CEO of American Trucking Associations (ATA) www.truckline.com, the national trade and safety organization of the United States trucking industry, says the trucking industry continues to face a number of pressing challenges.

Key among them are the driver shortage and driver compensation, and the state of the nation’s surface infrastructure, he said in his presentation to the 2013 Commercial Vehicle Outlook Conference in Dallas, Texas, last week.