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For 20 years, ATRI has been tracking the trucking industry's most critical concerns.
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The American Transportation Research Institute is asking trucking companies and professional drivers for their input into the top concerns in the 2024 Top Industry Issues Survey.
The annual survey asks trucking industry stakeholders to rank the top issues of concern for the industry, along with potential strategies for addressing each issue.
ATRI is a not-for-profit research organization affiliated with the American Trucking Associations.
Now in its 20th year, ATRI’s annual analysis not only ranks the issues overall but also provides insights into how critical topics are ranked differently by motor carriers and professional drivers.
The report also allows trucking stakeholders to monitor issues over time to better understand which issues are rising, or falling, in criticality.
Last year's survey found that the economy was the top issue, followed by truck parking and fuel prices.
“In challenging environments like this one, it is ever more important to understand the issues facing fleets and our workforce so that ATA and its Federation partners can identify and press for solutions,” said ATA Chair Andrew Boyle, Boyle Transportation Co-President, in an email to ATA members.
“Every year ATRI’s annual survey gives drivers an opportunity to make our collective concerns known,” said Chevelle Walker, an America’s Road Team Captain and professional truck driver for Werner Enterprises.
“Whether your top challenge is truck parking, driver compensation, detention, traffic congestion or something else, this is your chance to bring those issues to light.”
The results of the 2024 survey will be released October 12 as part of the American Trucking Associations Management Conference & Exhibition to be held in Nashville, Tennessee.
ATRI's Top Industry Issues Survey will remain open through September 27, 2024.
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