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Jan 14, 2015

SHORTAGE OF DRIVERS * USA: ATRI Study

* Virginia - Action needed to address a growing truck driver shortage 
Arlington,VA,USA -ATN (Australia), by Brad Gardner -12 Jan 2015: -- Chronic driver shortages in the US are likely to get worse unless the country’s trucking industry does more to entice young people to get behind the wheel, according to a research body... The American Transportation Research Institute’s (ATRI) study of driver age demographics between 1994 and 2013 shows an unhealthy reliance on older drivers and a dramatic fall in the number of those aged below 35 picking a career in trucking... ATRI’s White Paper: Analysis of Truck Driver Age Demographics Across Two Decades, says the median age of people employed in the industry is 46.5, with those aged between 45 and 54 making up the bulk of employees (31 per cent)... It adds that there are more 65-year-old drivers in trucking compared to people aged 20 to 24, while those aged 25 to 34 make up only 15.6 per cent of the workforce... According to the report, the percentage of 25 to 34 year olds working in the industry has dropped almost 50 per cent between 1994 and 2013... The American Trucking Associations (ATA) estimates there will be a potential driver shortage of 240,000 by 2022... While it largely blames licensing restrictions for the dearth of young people entering and remaining in the industry, ATRI adds that the global financial crisis has also played a role... The report says about 3.2 million of the 7 million people with trucking-related jobs in the US are employed as truck drivers...

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