One of the few regulatory changes in recent years that potentially could affect the supply of truck drivers occurred about a month ago when the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration required states to downgrade the commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) of drivers who are in prohibited status in the drug and alcohol clearinghouse. The compliance date for the rule, which was adopted in 2021, was November 18. States must downgrade CDLs within 60 days of being informed of drivers’ prohibited status.

Tags: Truck and Trailer, Drivers, commercial vehicle, driver shortage, carriers, driver capacity, driver supply, driver demand, Insights

Don Ake delivers FTR's 2022 outlook for commercial vehicles.

Tags: Economy, supply chain, commercial vehicle, orders, outlook, transportation, production

Todd Tranausky and Don Ake discuss persistent labor issues that have made it difficult to fill trucks with drivers.

Tags: trucking, Drivers, supply chain, commercial vehicle, outlook, workforce

Todd Tranausky and Don Ake discuss what level of influx of orders we could see when order boards open up for Class 8.

Tags: trucking, supply chain, Class 8, commercial vehicle, outlook, order boards

Todd Tranausky and Don Ake discuss trucks in the process of construction whose completion has been delayed by congested shipping.

Tags: trucking, supply chain, commercial vehicle, outlook, shipping delays, red tag

Todd Tranausky and Don Ake look a little further into the future with regard to the Class 8 market.

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Todd Tranausky and Don Ake discuss the state of the flatbed market.

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Don Ake presents a summary of FTR's general CV outlook for the remainder of 2021.

Tags: trucking, supply chain, commercial vehicle, outlook, OEMs

Don Ake discusses the outlook on medium-duty trucks for the rest of 2021.

Tags: trucking, Class 8, commercial vehicle, trailers, outlook

Don Ake discusses the Class 8 and trailer outlook for the remainder of 2021.

Tags: trucking, Class 8, commercial vehicle, trailers, outlook, heavy-duty