Women truck drivers are safer and less likely to break regulations than their male counterparts, researchers found in evaluating 12 years of truck inspection data.
A new study by the American Transportation Research Institute has identified new strategies for fleets wanting to attract more women drivers.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is planning a study to help it understand and prevent sexual assault and harassment in the commercial motor vehicle industry.
As of March 2024, 100 truckstops have joined an effort to help female truck drivers identify safe places to stop and park.
According to new data from the 2023 WIT Index just released by the Women In Trucking Association, 12% of professional drivers who hold commercial driver’s licenses and drive heavy-duty trucks are female.
A Senate proposal would authorize $755 million in grant funding to expand commercial truck parking capacity.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Women of Trucking Advisory Board will hold a virtual meeting on Nov. 9 to discuss the results of a study on crime in trucking.
North American truckload carrier CFI honors women drivers with a custom truck outfitted with unique, large-format graphics.
The new younger-driver pilot program and other steps to address the truck driver shortage were a key topic during Robin Hutcheson’s confirmation hearing on her nomination to be administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration wants to study the “prevalence, seriousness, and nature of the problem of harassment and assaults” against female and minority male truck drivers
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