A survey found a decrease in driver happiness from 2019 to 2023. Top driver concerns were compensation and communication. Truck drivers aren’t as happy as they were before the pandemic. Better pay and better communication are the top two ways employers could improve the job. In a for-hire fleet specifically, miles are controllable, but they’re […]
A Chinese auto company has released a new concept truck that they say will soon be a trucker’s ‘home away from home.
Solutions to the driver shortage Bob Costello, American Trucking chief economist, recently said that trucking is short 80,000 drivers. The ATRI report offered up some things that could be done to potentially help ease the shortage. This would allow for the recruiting of drivers from other countries.
Since the pandemic upended the economy, drivers have found new work outside large fleets.The Great Truck Driver Shortage of 2021 is a popular topic in mainstream news this fall. “Productivity remains very disruptive, as evidenced by the very strong summer. Put another way: It’s not so much that we don’t have enough drivers—it’s that they’re […]