The US has a major truck driver shortage — but the co-founder of a trucking startup that’s attracted $80 million in funding says there are 3 other issues that are making the shortage seem worse than it is

Courtesy of Transfix

• The truck driver shortage has dominated America’s headlines in the logistics space this year.
• However, Transfix CEO Drew McElroy said the driver shortage isn’t the only thing that’s dragging the industry down.
• With billions of miles being driven empty every year and technology like GPS not being widely implemented, McElroy said the trucking industry can be “incredibly wasteful.”

 

The US will be short 175,000 truck drivers by 2026, according to the American Trucking Associations. Fewer drivers mean that fewer goods can be moved in a timely fashion, which limits companies from selling more and consumers from enjoying what they’re used to finding in stores or online. See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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