As it has done for 20 years, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) is fresh out its annual Critical Issues in The Trucking Industry 2024 report. The report is based survey responses from 3700 motor carrier executives and personnel (45.9% of the total), professional truck drivers (31.3%) and other industry stakeholders, including industry suppliers, driver trainers, and law enforcement (22.8%).

Combing the responses from all three groups, the report listed the top 10 issues for the trucking sector as a whole, with economy coming in as number 1.

But things look a little different when the scores are segmented by respondent type, as shown in the graphic below that lists the top 10 issues for trucking firms and drivers separately:

Source: ATRI

There are quite a few differences. For example – and not surprisingly – driver compensation is the second rank issue for drivers, but not in the top 10 for carriers.

Similarly, the driver shortage was the third-ranked issue for carriers, but not on the driver list at all – as a shortage is good for drivers.

Interesting data

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