one-page summary<\/a> on the situation, American Trucking Associations\u2019 Chief Economist Bob Costello predicts that the shortage could surpass 160,000 in 2030.<\/p>\n\u201cBecause there are a number of factors driving the shortage, we have to take a number of different approaches,\u201d Costello said. \u201cThe industry is raising pay at five times the historic average, but this isn\u2019t just a pay issue. We have an aging workforce, a workforce that is overwhelmingly male and finding ways to address those issues is key to narrowing the shortage.<\/p>\n
\u201cCompanies are doing more and more to address some of the structural lifestyle issues that have traditionally been a challenge for truck drivers,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, by finding ways to let younger people enter the industry like the Drive-SAFE Act, reaching out to women and minorities, will open this career path \u2013 one of the few with a path to a middle class lifestyle that doesn\u2019t require a college degree \u2013 we can put a significant dent in the shortage.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The current truck driver shortage has risen to 80,000 \u2013 an all-time high for the industry, according to the American Trucking Association. Increased demand for freight, pandemic-related challenges from early retirements, closed driving schools and DMVs, as well as other pressures, are said to be pushing up demand for drivers and subsequently the shortage. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":11002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-driving-for-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}