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(ROCKVILLE, Md.)—The Transportation Alliance (TTA) is urging companies in the for-hire transportation industry to send a letter to their respective governors asking that their companies be designated “essential businesses” to help during the COVID-19 crisis. Nine states have already declared transportation companies as “essential businesses.” TTA’s suggested letter to governors points out that: “In order for us to fight this invisible threat, all private sector transportation companies are at your disposal,” the letter reads. “Each vehicle represents an essential piece of equipment in our state’s toolbox as we work together to end this deadly virus.” TTA is sending copies of its own letters to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services seeking federal “essential business” designation for members. Last week,The Transportation Alliance joined six other major passenger ground transportation trade associations in signing an unprecedented industry letter to President Trump and Congressional leaders outlining an eight-plan to rescue their member companies. The request included a broad array of requests such as cash infusions, zero-interest loans, deferments on existing loans and assistance in opening a pipeline to cleaning products, among others. Collectively, the industry moves 3 billion passengers a year, approximately the same total number of passengers moved by the equally vital airline industry. Hundreds of thousands of drivers—most of them their own independent, small American companies—affiliate with transportation companies for their livelihood.
The Transportation Alliance Urges Members to Seek ‘Essential Business’ Designation From Governors