By John Kearney According to a recent study by the Women in Trucking Association, women made up more than 10% of over-the-road U.S. truck drivers in 2019, an increase of nearly 30% over the 7.89% reported a year earlier. As they launch and grow their careers, these...
By John Kearney A recent U.S. Department of Transportation report shows that fatalities for large-truck occupants have reached their highest level on more than thirty years. This appears to be an ongoing trend; U.S. trucking fatalities for 2018 also exceeded a level...
By John Kearney Economic incentives are increasingly being offered to the trucking industry as a whole. Although the motor freight industry is essential to the U.S. economy—over 70% of all American freight moves by truck—its growth and future are endangered by a...
By John Kearney Increasingly, job-seekers hoping to become professional truck drivers are turning toward community colleges, vocational schools, and high schools that offer commercial driver’s license (CDL) training. A growing number of these schools, often with...
By John Kearney Ecommerce in the U.S., driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, is booming: by 2024 it’s expected that stay-at-home shopping sales will reach $1.2 trillion, nearly 19% of total retail volume. Supporting this burst of economic activity is an equally...
By John Kearney In a recent survey, a quarter of U.S. adults said they or someone in their household had been laid off or lost a job due to the coronavirus outbreak. While the unemployment rate dropped from April’s record high of 15% to 6.9% in October, much of the...
