Cool New Technology For Drivers, Fleets, and DOTs
Technology drives business today, and the shipping business is no different. Tech trucking news tends to revolve around the big critical breakthroughs, like platooning, autonomous vehicles, connected technologies, and electric and alt fuel vehicles, but some of the less well-known advances are just as fascinating—and could be just as helpful to fleets and drivers, and even those in charge of overseeing the safety of our highways.
For Drivers: Upgraded GPS and Steering Assist Technology
Read More»Driver Incentives – What’s Working?
According to the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI)’s annual survey, the driver shortage is the most critical issue facing the trucking industry, and motor carriers ranked driver retention as the second most important issue*. The worry appears to be well-founded. ATRI’s report also said that “driver turnover increased through the first half of 2018, particularly at large truckload carriers, and the industry is on pace to have the highest annual turnover rate since 2013.” So what are fleets doing to keep drivers and woo new ones?
Read More»Should the Driving Age for Truckers Be Lowered?
Would young interstate commercial truck drivers breathe new life into the trucking industry, or would they endanger lives on the road?
Read More»Highway Heroes – Truckers Saving Lives
Truckers save lives every day, with mission-critical delivery of medical and emergency supplies. But some do more than just deliver vital goods. Some volunteer to deliver relief to victims of wildfires and floods. Some, like Next Exit’s drivers, navigate rising waters in order to deliver emergency generators to towns hit hard by hurricanes. Some are the eyes and ears of the highway, like trucker Kevin Kimmel, whose sharp eyes and quick thinking saved a young sex trafficking victim who was being held against her will at a Virginia truck stop. And some truckers perform daring rescues that save people’s lives, sometimes at the risk of their own.
Read More»Urban Supply Chain Logistics – Trouble Ahead?
Consider these facts:
- In 2015, 81.6% of Americans lived in cities or urban areas.
- More than 80% of all U.S. goods begin or end their trips in the United States’ 100 largest metro areas.
- Just 10% of U.S. corridors move 79% of goods.
- In 2016 truckers experienced almost 1.2 billion hours of delays as a result of traffic congestion. According to the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) that’s equivalent to 425,533 drivers sitting idle for a year.
