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A new study by the American Transportation Research Institute identifies key obstacles that keep women from entering and remaining in the trucking industry.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. —Women who have achieved success in trucking have advice for women wanting to break into and move up the ladder in the industry: Be determined, persist and stay the course.

AUSTIN, Texas — The Women In Motion advocacy group of American Trucking Associations is ramping up a new membership program and crafting a booklet focused on independent contractors.

Meta Platforms Inc. “routinely discriminates” in steering job ads to specific age and gender groups on its Facebook platform, a women’s truckers organization alleged in a civil rights complaint.

DALLAS — Higher operating costs, more volatile market cycles and a shift from West Coast ports are characteristics of the post-pandemic freight market, according to an industry analyst.

SAN DIEGO — The importance of women in trucking and how the industry can be made more attractive to female candidates were focal points of a session during American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition on Oct. 23

Already backing safer truck parking in Congress, the new Women In Motion initiative is taking action within days of forming to improve the working environment for women in trucking.

WASHINGTON — A team of female truck drivers started a westward journey Aug. 31 to honor the legacy of the first woman who voted.

DALLAS — Companies can attract female drivers by showcasing women on the job in their advertisements, according to experts assembled at the Women In Trucking Association’s annual conference.