Brett Suma has a vision for AI-optimized autonomous truck lanes that will "shape the future of truckload transportation."
Nearly half of states have legalized marijuana. Drivers and motor carriers are equally frustrated with current drug testing limitations.
Both motor carriers and truck drivers are frustrated with current drug testing limitations, in particular the lack of a test for marijuana impairment, according to the American Transportation Research Institute.
Boosting truck driver wages is more than a numbers game. It also takes creative thinking, among fleets, the trucking industry, and even the government.
The truck driver shortage has eased slightly, but remains near its all-time high, according to American Trucking Associations Chief Economist Bob Costello.
In the American Transportation Research Institute's Top Industry Issues survey fuel prices were ranked as the top industry concern, replacing the driver shortage, which had been the number one issue for five years in a row.
The latest figures continue a trend that began when survey respondents cited low pay and inconsistent daily schedules as the top two reasons they quit their jobs.
Recruiting younger drivers into the trucking industry — and training them safely — could be instrumental in addressing the growing driver shortage. The new federal apprenticeship program could help close the gap.
When we don’t prepare new drivers properly, we set them up to fail — and quit, says Rolf Lockwood in his Locking it In blog.
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.
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