NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the American
Transportation Research Institute, the trucking industry's
not-for-profit research organization, released its 17th annual Top
Industry Issues report, identifying a number of the industry's key
concerns including the driver shortage, driver retention, driver
compensation, lawsuit abuse reform, truck parking and for the first
time, the shortage of diesel technicians.
"The ATRI list of top industry issues provides a critical
snapshot of the challenges impacting our industry at any given
moment," said ATA Chair Sherri Garner
Brumbaugh, president and CEO of Garner Trucking, "and this
year is no exception as supply chain constraints dominate the
nation's headlines. ATRI's annual analysis not only captures
the industry's sentiment on the criticality of each of these issues
but also maps out a course for addressing each through the
stakeholder-ranked strategies."
For the fifth year in a row, the Driver Shortage topped the list
of industry concerns, garnering more than four times as many
first-place votes as the number two issue, Driver Retention.
Further reflecting the industry's workforce challenges, Driver
Compensation was ranked third overall. Lawsuit Abuse Reform
rose three spots this year to take the number four spot and the
lack of available Truck Parking rounded out the top five industry
concerns. The Diesel Technician Shortage made the top-10 list
for the first time this year, as the 10th ranked most
critical issue in the industry.
Nearly 25 percent of the survey respondents were professional
truck drivers and among driver respondents, Driver Compensation and
Truck Parking tied for the number one industry concern.
Detention / Delay at Customer Facilities was ranked by drivers as
their second most pressing concern.
More than 2,500 trucking industry stakeholders participated in
this year's survey, including motor carriers, drivers, industry
suppliers, driver trainers, law enforcement, and others.
"This year's large response shows just how serious our industry
is about identifying the most critical concerns and more
importantly, figuring out how we collectively deal with each
issue," said ATRI President and COO Rebecca
Brewster.
"It really is no surprise that truck driver-related issues –
notably the driver shortage and driver retention – ranked so high
on the survey. Coming out of the pandemic, with the increased
demand for goods and other pressures on the supply chain, getting
and keeping drivers has been a real challenge industrywide,"
Brewster said. "We also see the impacts of the current supply chain
crunch in how highly issues like driver compensation, truck
parking, infrastructure and driver detention ranked on the
list."
The complete results of the annual survey were released as part
of 2021 American Trucking Associations' Management Conference and
Exhibition. The full report can be found at ATRI's website –
Truckingresearch.org.
ATRI is the trucking industry's 501(c)(3) not-for-profit
research organization. It is engaged in critical research relating
to freight transportation's essential role in maintaining a safe,
secure and efficient transportation system.
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SOURCE American Transportation Research Institute