Author: Michael Marcus

Economic conditions in the U.S. may not forebode well for the U.S. trucking industry in the coming months. Despite an upswing in August, U.S. trucking firms may face a drop in shipments as shippers use the slowdown to cut costs. Both the American Trucking Associations and the Cass Freight Index showed increases in August with…

The U.S. Department of Transportation gathered industry, state and federal agencies recently for a meeting of the National Coalition of Truck Parking. The meeting focused on federal resources to address the nation’s truck parking shortage, which puts all road users at risk and is costing truck drivers time and money. At the meeting, DOT shared…

The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), the trucking industry’s not-for-profit research organization, this month launched its 2022 Top Industry Issues Survey.  The annual survey asks trucking industry stakeholders to rank the top issues of concern for the industry along with potential strategies for addressing each issue. Now in its 18th year, ATRI’s annual analysis not…

For truck drivers slogging through long, tedious shifts on the road, the availability of safe and reliable parking is not a convenience – it is a necessity. On average, an estimated three million trucks move across the U.S. every day. Unfortunately, there are only 313,000 parking spaces to accommodate them, 40,000 at public rest areas…