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    ATRI Survey: Driver Shortage is Trucking's Top Challenge

    Written by Tim Triplett


    For the fifth year in a row, the driver shortage topped the list of trucking industry concerns, as ranked by the American Transportation Research Institute in its 17th annual Top Industry Issues report released this week. The driver shortage garnered more than four times as many first-place votes as the number two issue, driver retention. Further reflecting the industry’s workforce challenges, driver compensation was ranked third overall.

    “It really is no surprise that truck driver-related issues – notably the driver shortage and driver retention – ranked so high on the survey. Coming out of the pandemic, with the increased demand for goods and other pressures on the supply chain, getting and keeping drivers has been a real challenge industrywide,” said ATRI President and COO Rebecca Brewster. “We also see the impacts of the current supply chain crunch in how highly issues like driver compensation, truck parking, infrastructure and driver detention ranked on the list.”

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