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Business
Survey says driver shortage, driver compensation top trucking industry concerns
Motor carriers and commercial drivers agree on just four of the Top 10 challenges facing the trucking industry, according to the American Transportation Research Institute's…
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Europe
Today’s pick-up: Son of Spaghetti Junction; YRC in consolidation mode
Atlanta is building Spaghetti Junction II. UK drug companies will take matters into their hands to get goods to market in no-deal Brexit; YRC consolidation…
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Equipment
Too much traffic? Congestion pricing advocates have a solution
The use of congestion pricing to reduce traffic in cities may not be popular, but it is having profound effects and may be coming to…
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Driver issues
Today’s Pickup: New Jersey tops list of worst bottlenecks for trucks
An intersection in New Jersey has been deemed the worst for truck bottlenecks, plus Nikola Motor may be adding a purely electric truck; GM and…
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Driver issues
ATRI seeks ELD data from fleets to help “guide future regulations and initiatives”
The American Transportation Research Institute is asking fleets to contribute electronic logging device (ELD) data to the group so it can study how the data…
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News
Today’s Pickup: Parking far lower on the list of concerns for transportation management companies than for drivers
Parking is a hot button issue across the transportation industry, but it certainly does not carry the same weight among drivers and those who manage…
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Driver issues
An ATRI survey shows drivers and their management don’t rate the parking issue as equally significant
The divergence on that issue isn’t the only one: not surprisingly, management and drivers see the driver shortage issue through different lenses.
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Driver issues
As fleets spec for fuel efficiency, driver skill still matters
Mike Roeth, executive director of NACFE, spoke last week at the Meritor/P.S.I. Fleet Technology Event, telling the audience that one of the lessons he learned…
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Driver issues
Driver wages, fuel costs drive increase in operational costs for carriers
Rising driver wages and fuel costs pushed up the cost per mile to operate a commercial vehicle in 2017, according to an annual report released…
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News
Women and young people: Addressing the driver shortage without compromising safety
While things like bonuses and increased pay are already being employed to attract drivers, the shortage continues to worsen
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