Women in Trucking

After years of advocacy in the industry, it seems the cultural shift may have finally reached a tipping point.

Sponsored by Reliance Partners…Two very different approaches could give some breathing room to the tightening CDL driver shortage.

WIT Index which measures the percentage of women in the trucking industry has reported a marginal increase in the number from 7.13% in 2016 to 7.89% by the end of 2017.

FreightWaves launches its Women of Transportation series with Part 1: truck drivers. We spoke to Ellen Voie of Women in Trucking and Stephanie Klang, who’s been driving with CFI since the 1980s, about issues women drivers face and what’s being done to improve work environments.

An Ohio state legislator has introduced a bill that would require trucks operating in Ohio to have side guards to help protect pedestrians and bicyclists.