Driver shortage prompts action from legislators January 30, 2025 – The United States trucking industry continues to face a significant challenge: a shortage of drivers. As of late 2024, the American Trucking Association (ATA) estimated that the industry was short more than 80,000 drivers, with projections suggesting this number could
Jan 27, 2025 – An organization that introduces high school students to the trucking industry has created two new awards. truckersnews.com
Jan 13, 2025 – The Trucking Cares Foundation donated $200,000 for a wide variety of charitable causes in 2024, from supporting disaster relief and workforce development to combatting human trafficking and deadly fentanyl. trucking.org
If you spend any amount of time on popular social media sites, you no doubt have seen your stream of posts filled with ads for Black Friday sales. Black Friday — tomorrow — is traditionally seen as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season, with some merchants opening at the
November 25, 2024 – Where is our next generation of truck drivers, technicians, and other trucking people going to come from? Lindsey Trent has been working to find an answer. Truckinginfo.com
Nov. 13, 2024 – Last month, I had the opportunity to attend the 97th Annual National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, where I discussed careers in transportation with the youth of America in the Next Generation in Trucking Association booth. Bulk Transporter
TT News (Transport Topics) – An all-volunteer effort is working with educators to help raise awareness of truck driving careers among students.
October 28, 2021 – Patterson High School in California introduced a supply chain and logistics program to senior students, offering truck driving certification upon graduation as well as other trade skills training. FoxBusiness
19 Oct, 2021 – A guest on “Morning in America” proposes a youth solution to the supply chain bottleneck… News Nation
October 16, 2021 – When thinking about the trucking industry, the first thing that comes to mind about its drivers is that they tend to be older — industry experts say the average trucker is 54 years old. But given the nationwide truck driver shortage, that’s now changing. NPR
October 13, 2021 – Patterson High School in California is introducing students to the possibility of a career in truck driving, an industry facing worker shortages impacting the nation’s supply chain. David Dein, a CDL instructor at the high school, warned the driver shortage will continue to be a problem. Foxnews
13 Oct, 2021 – Patterson High School in California is introducing students to the possibility of a career in truck driving, an industry facing worker shortages impacting the nation’s Fox News
Inside Edition – Inside Edition visited student participants of Patterson High School who are participating in one of the first truck-driving programs.
September 29, 2021 – Javier Diaz went down the wrong path early in life. He used drugs, was involved in gang activity and got into trouble at school — he fit all the cliches that could be used to describe a textbook “bad boy.” The Trucker
August 20, 2021 – Trucking’s age-old problem has been just that — the age of its drivers. The median age of a truck driver is 46, which is five years older than the national average for all workers. As more and more drivers — especially those in their 60s and 70s, of whom there are many on
Patterson High School teach Dave Dein discisses his efforts to raise money for his students by trucking for summer amid driver shortage. Foxnews
July 14, 2021 – The Next Generation in Trucking Association (NGT) is partnering with high schools and community colleges across the country to launch truck driver and technician training programs, in response to a growing need for trucking professionals nationwide. Supply Chain Xchange
July 20, 2021 – The driver and technician shortage has been at the forefront of trucking discourse for years, ranking as the top industry concern since 2017. Though quick, immediate fixes have been difficult to come by, Trent said, The Next Generation in Trucking Association is focused on a long-term solution. Waste Dive
July 14, 2021 – A recently launched non-profit, the Next Generation in Trucking Association, has partnered with schools in Kentucky, Wisconsin and California, to provide commercial driver’s license and diesel technician training programs. Heavy Duty Trucking
A new organization has one goal in mind: convince young people to join the trucking industry. The Next Generation in Trucking Association, recently announced new school partnerships to provide CDL driver and diesel technician programs for young adults in Kentucky, Wisconsin, and California. The group was started by leaders in the trucking industry to engage the
July 14, 2021 – A recently launched non-profit, The Next Generation in Trucking Association, announced new school partnerships to provide CDL driver and diesel technician programs for young adults in Kentucky, Wisconsin and California. The group was started by members of the trucking industry to engage the next generation of trucking industry professionals by partnering
CCJ Daily Report – Legislation proposes two-step apprenticeship and hundreds of hours of training on trucks equipped with latest safety technology.
June 3, 2021 – Talks of labor shortages and truck driver safety are common themes at industry conferences, in newsletters, editorials and even watercooler conversations — with good reason. But it’s almost as if labor and driver safety were inversely related: On one hand, relaxing regulations to make trucking easier to enter is decried as
CSCMP’s Supply Chain Quarterly – Nonprofit group partners with high schools and community colleges to train the next generation of truck drivers and technicians.
Only six high schools in the U.S. offer CDL driver programs. One of those can be found at Patterson High School in Patterson, California. The program, which was created in 2016 by teacher and former truck driver Dave Dein, has grown steadily over the last four years. Dein helped create Next Gen Trucking, which provides turn-key