Highlighted Research
Driver Shortage/ Driver Retention Research
- Identifying and Mitigating the Challenges Faced by Women Truck Drivers 06/2024
- Impacts of Marijuana Legalization on the Trucking Industry 06/2023
- Issues and Opportunities with Driver-Facing Cameras 04/2023
- Integrating Younger Adults Into Trucking Careers 07/2022
- Owner-Operators / Independent Contractors in the Supply Chain 12/2021
- Developing a Younger Driver Assessment Tool Tech Memo: Phase 1 Beta Test – August 2021 08/2021
- NTA-ATRI Study – Reaching Our Youth: High School Students’ Career Aspirations – February 2021 02/2021
- Younger Driver Assessment Tool 08/2017
- Analysis of Truck Driver Age Demographics Across Two Decades 12/2014
- Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Retention and Safety 03/2003
- Empty Seats and Musical Chairs 10/1997
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