WASHINGTON — America’s booming economy has a problem: a shortage of truck drivers.
The industry — historically reliant on older, white male drivers — is facing a record shortage with an estimated 50,000 more drivers needed to meet demand, according to the American Trucking Associations. The lack of drivers is rippling through the supply chain, causing a bottleneck of goods that is delaying deliveries and prompting some companies to increase prices.
https://www.wral.com/-what-does-a-trucker-look-like-it-s-changing-amid-a-big-shortage/17730142/
The industry — historically reliant on older, white male drivers — is facing a record shortage with an estimated 50,000 more drivers needed to meet demand, according to the American Trucking Associations. The lack of drivers is rippling through the supply chain, causing a bottleneck of goods that is delaying deliveries and prompting some companies to increase prices.
https://www.wral.com/-what-does-a-trucker-look-like-it-s-changing-amid-a-big-shortage/17730142/