The trucking industry faces a shortage of 63,000 open positions this year - a number that is only expected to increase - and companies are already said to be turning down loads due to a lack of available trucks.
High costs have inevitably followed and, along with them, increased demand for transportation alternatives such as trucking and rail.
In a more rational system, much of the goods carried by truck would travel aboard ships plying the country's coastal waters.
For 2016, the American Trucking Associations places the total even higher, at 71 percent.
Although a mere 4 percent of highway vehicles, trucks are thought to cause 20 percent of traffic, which in turn costs Americans many billions of dollars in lost productivity, wasted gas, and increased pollution.
Representing 10 percent of vehicle miles traveled, trucks cause over 75 percent of the Federal Highway Administration's pavement-maintenance costs.
To help alleviate the shortage of truckers, let's start by freeing ourselves of the Jones Act and taking advantage of our country's underutilized coastal waterways.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/repeal-jones-act-to-address-freight-trucking-shortage/
High costs have inevitably followed and, along with them, increased demand for transportation alternatives such as trucking and rail.
In a more rational system, much of the goods carried by truck would travel aboard ships plying the country's coastal waters.
For 2016, the American Trucking Associations places the total even higher, at 71 percent.
Although a mere 4 percent of highway vehicles, trucks are thought to cause 20 percent of traffic, which in turn costs Americans many billions of dollars in lost productivity, wasted gas, and increased pollution.
Representing 10 percent of vehicle miles traveled, trucks cause over 75 percent of the Federal Highway Administration's pavement-maintenance costs.
To help alleviate the shortage of truckers, let's start by freeing ourselves of the Jones Act and taking advantage of our country's underutilized coastal waterways.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/repeal-jones-act-to-address-freight-trucking-shortage/
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