With the truck driver shortage, how many more drivers will be enough?

Sep 30, 2021 at 08:32 AM CST
How many more truck drivers are needed to balance the demand for truck transportation with the supply of capacity? My answer to this question for shippers procuring long-distance (outside of a given metropolitan area) dry van transportation, for both truckload and less than truckload (LTL), is that approximately 25,000 truck drivers are needed. As a researcher at Michigan State’s Broad College of Business, I will explain how I arrived at this figure, based on available data, writes Jason Miller, Associate Professor of Logistics at Michigan State University.

Sep 30, 2021 at 08:32 AM CST

How many more truck drivers are needed to balance the demand for truck transportation with the supply of capacity? My answer to this question for shippers procuring long-distance (outside of a given metropolitan area) dry van transportation, for both truckload and less than truckload (LTL), is that approximately 25,000 truck drivers are needed. As a researcher at Michigan State’s Broad College of Business, I will explain how I arrived at this figure, based on available data, writes Jason Miller, Associate Professor of Logistics at Michigan State University.