Number of women behind the wheel soars year-over-year

Oct 01, 2019 at 09:10 AM CST
Women now make up over 10 percent of over-the-road (OTR) truck drivers, an increase of almost 30 percent over the 7.89 percent seen in the Women in Trucking (WIT) Association’s 2018 survey. The increase came after a industry-wide push to hire more women drivers in response to last year’s capacity crunch. FreightWaves partnered with WIT to complete this year’s survey. It was conducted via email to FreightWaves’ readers, garnering 884 responses from across the logistics industry. The majority of responses came from carriers and freight brokerages, but shippers and freight tech companies also responded.

Oct 01, 2019 at 09:10 AM CST

Women now make up over 10 percent of over-the-road (OTR) truck drivers, an increase of almost 30 percent over the 7.89 percent seen in the Women in Trucking (WIT) Association’s 2018 survey. The increase came after a industry-wide push to hire more women drivers in response to last year’s capacity crunch. FreightWaves partnered with WIT to complete this year’s survey. It was conducted via email to FreightWaves’ readers, garnering 884 responses from across the logistics industry. The majority of responses came from carriers and freight brokerages, but shippers and freight tech companies also responded.