By Al Muskewitz Finding a safe and secure place to park for their breaks was the No. 1 industry issue among truck drivers in 2021.Drivers report parking on road shoulders, exit ramps or other undesignated…
By Al MuskewitzYou can’t have a trucking industry without truck drivers and for the fourth year in a row the driver shortage is the top concern overall – by a large margin – among the…
By Wright Media staff Joint research between the American Transportation Research Institute and the Owner-Operator Independent Driver Association Foundation released Tuesday confirmed what everyone in the industry has known for the last two months – the…
By Al Muskewitz TLD Logisitics independent contractor Buddy White told Wright Media two weeks ago how breezy his usual bumper-to-bumper morning rush-hour commute into downtown Seattle had become as he delivered during the early stages of…
Atlanta’s I-285/I-85 interchange remains No. 2 on list, but Nashville connector jumps five spots to No. 3 By Al Muskewitz Any driver who has been stuck in traffic in a major American city for any length of…
By Al Muskewitz National research has found while most governmental activities designed to guide the industry attempt to create a framework for safe testing of autonomous trucks, many impede the creation of a seamless and standardized…
By Al Muskewitz The cost of everything seems to be going up these days and the American trucking industry that brings almost all of it to the consumer is not immune to the trend.It cost 7.7…
Two new issues land on ATRI list: Driver compensation, detentionBy Al Muskewitz SAN DIEGO – The driver shortage and hours-of-service rules – the two hottest-button topics in the trucking industry for years – pulled down the…