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Best Drivers Wanted > Driving for Roadway > Company Information > About Us
Overview
Founded in 1930.
Leading transporter of industrial, commercial, and retail goods specializing in solutions for businesses across North America through a full-service network, advanced information technologies, and proactive local customer service.
Seamless transportation throughout Canada, Mexico, and the U.S., including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.
Global transportation and logistics solutions for import and export shipments.
ISO 9001:2000 certified carrier.
Approved for the C-TPAT, FAST and PIP programs for supply chain security.
Operating subsidiaries: Reimer Express Lines Ltd. (Canada)
Network in Mexico operated by YRC Transportation S.A. de C.V.
Employees: 23,000
Service centers: 365
Trailers: 32,095 /Tractors-9,362
Average number of shipments delivered per working day: 50,406
Average length of haul: 1,263 miles
Average shipment weight: 1,199 pounds
Tons of freight delivered in 2004: 7,642,183 tons
Number of miles logged by linehaul drivers in 2004: 467,320,078 miles
A subsidiary of YRC Worldwide Inc.
Capabilities
North American coverage with reliable border crossings between Mexico, Canada, and the U.S.
Expedited and guaranteed deliveries via ground or air with precise pickup and delivery times throughout Canada, Mexico, and the U.S.
Guaranteed delivery windows. Any size window can be accommodated.
Dedicated protective services for a single shipment or an entire trailer.
Transportation for volume shipments, tradeshow exhibits, cold-sensitive products, product returns, and overseas shipping.
Industry Leadership
Only carrier to guarantee delivery of tradeshow exhibits at no additional charge.
Only carrier to provide dedicated protection and a guarantee for standard transit shipments.
Only LTL carrier with representatives on site at all major border-crossing points in North America to expedite customs clearance.
Only carrier with highly trained local Customer Care Teams providing superior service and individualized transportation solutions for customers.
One of the first transportation providers to be certified for the C-TPAT, PIP and FAST programs for supply chain security.
First nationwide LTL carrier to receive ISO certification of its entire freight network and management systems for shipping goods from pickup to delivery. Certification in the internationally recognized ISO 9001:2000 standards assures that quality controls for system integrity and security are in place.
Information Technology
Over 16 terabytes of shipment data stored online
Information systems process over 3.6 million transactions each day.
Internet-based services provide in-transit shipment visibility and supply chain management for customers.
Secure web-based applications, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and other technologies for customer use in managing freight transportation.
First carrier to combine cellular and satellite technologies for gathering and sending real-time data along local pickup and delivery routes. This two-way messaging and vehicle-tracking system for pickup and delivery operations improves responsiveness to customer needs for pickup service and shipment information.
Award-winning information infrastructure:
100 Best Places to Work in IT
For the fifth consecutive year, ComputerWorld magazine named Roadway among the 100 best places to work in information technology in 2004.
Leading Technology Innovator
For the fifth straight year, InformationWeek magazine named Roadway one of the 500 most innovative users of information technology in 2004.
Safety
6 active drivers have driven over 4 million accident-free miles.
65 active drivers have driven over 3 million accident-free miles.
272 active drivers have driven over 2 million accident-free miles.
1,590 active drivers have driven over 1 million accident-free miles.
A Roadway driver placed second in the three-axle division at the 2004 national driving championships sponsored by the American Trucking Associations.
15 Roadway dockworkers from around the country qualified for Roadway's third annual Professional Freight Handlers Competition. This event, held in May 2004, recognizes dock safety performance.
Linehaul drivers at Memphis, Tenn., hold Roadway's all-time safe-driving record. They drove 25,443,130 miles without a preventable accident between May 20, 2002, and January 22, 2003.
Community Service
Our corporate citizenship program affirms our commitment to the broader needs and concerns of society. Priorities include highway safety, children's health and educational needs, and the United Way. Programs at the corporate level that promote these focus areas include:
Corporate and district road teams-Roadway drivers and dockworkers assist with presentations about the industry and safety issues to national media, customers, legislators, community organizations and schools.
No-Zone Trailers-Three 48-foot Roadway trailers and four 28-foot pups share the No-Zone safety message about truck blind spots with motorists in a public safety campaign sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Christina's Smile Dental Trailers-Free-of-charge linehaul service is provided for a charitable dental clinic that travels in two 48-foot trailers with the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour. Since its inception in 1990, the program has provided more than 32,000 children with over $10 million worth of dental care.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital-Fund-raising activities and payroll deduction by Roadway employees raised over $475,000 for St. Jude in 2004. St. Jude is the Memphis-based center for the research and treatment of catastrophic diseases in children. In just five years, Roadway employees have raised over $1.9 million for this cause.
Job Corps-Roadway has partnered with the U.S. Department of Labor's Job Corp program to develop a tractor-trailer driver-training program to prepare disadvantaged youth for jobs within the trucking industry. Roadway is also providing a truck technician program curriculum in conjunction with the United Auto Workers-Labor Employment and Training Corporation.
"Share the Road Safely" Trailer-A Roadway trailer displays the Ohio State Highway Patrol's "Share the Road Safely" message throughout Ohio. The message is funded by a federal education grant from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
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