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PodcastsNovember 10, 2021

Inside a High School Truck Driver Training Program

Hear what one truck-driver-turned-high-school-teacher is doing to usher in the next generation of truck drivers through one of the nation’s first high school truck driver programs.

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Videosby Vesna BrajkovicNovember 9, 2021

Inside a High School Truck Driver Training Program

Hear what one high school teacher in California is doing to get more young people interested in trucking in this video episode of HDT Talks Trucking.

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Articlesby David CullenOctober 26, 2021

ATA: Truck Driver Shortage Hits Record High of 80,000

The American Trucking Associations estimates that in 2021 the truck driver shortage will climb to a record high. If current trends continue, how big will the shortage get?

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeOctober 24, 2021

Driver Shortage Tops ATRI Top 10 Concerns Survey

To no one’s surprise, the driver shortage topped the trucking industry list of top concerns this year — but another issue broke into the top 10 list for the first time.

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Newsby David CullenSeptember 28, 2021

Truck and Trailer Markets: Red Tags Holding Sway

Given the ongoing kinks in the global supply chain and the rise in domestic freight demand, OEMs won’t catch up with demand until 2023, according to FTR's Don Ake. That’s why FTR’s equipment outlook calls for pent-up demand to continue into 2022 — and possibly into 2023.

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeSeptember 6, 2021

FTR's Trucking Outlook: What the Numbers Say About Freight, Rates, and Drivers

Economic growth and freight rates are expected to remain solid well into 2022, according to transportation analysis firm FTR, but the struggle to find drivers is expected to continue to plague the industry.

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Newsby Jack RobertsSeptember 1, 2021

HDTX: How HDT Innovators Handle the Driver Shortage

Dealing with the driver shortage was top of mind during a panel discussion with HDT’s 2020 and 2021 Fleet Innovator honorees at Heavy Duty Trucking Exchange.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeAugust 17, 2021

Sysco to Launch Driver Academy

Foodservice distribution giant Sysco is starting its own driver training school in the face of an increasingly challenging labor market.

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Newsby StaffJuly 14, 2021

Non-Profit Aims to Train Next-Gen Truck Drivers, Techs

The Next Generation in Trucking Association has partnered with schools to provide commercial driver’s license and diesel technician training programs.

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeJuly 9, 2021

Drug Testing and the Driver Shortage

In the future, will we decide that someone can use cannabis and still be a safe, desirable driver for the trucking industry? The answer is complicated, HDT Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge says in her latest editorial commentary.

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