Biden Administration, to Highlight Successful Efforts, to Boost Trucking Industry.
NBC reports that President Joe Biden is expected
to highlight his administration's progress
in strengthening the United States' supply chains. .
NBC reports that President Joe Biden is expected
to highlight his administration's progress
in strengthening the United States' supply chains. .
Trucking moves 72 percent of goods
in America and is a lynchpin in
our goods movement supply chain, White House, Progress Report Preview, via NBC.
In December, the administration
unveiled a new plan to
bolster trucking employment.
In December, the administration
unveiled a new plan to
bolster trucking employment.
That plan resulted in three months
of the best hiring numbers for
trucking since the mid 90s. .
According to NBC, Biden will discuss efforts to
expedite the process by which commercial driver's
licenses needed to operate trucks are issued. .
According to NBC, Biden will discuss efforts to
expedite the process by which commercial driver's
licenses needed to operate trucks are issued. .
The White House said that
over 876,000 commercial licenses
have been issued since January of 2021. .
Trucking employment now reportedly
exceeds pre-pandemic levels
by approximately 35,000 jobs. .
Trucking costs grew more than 20%
last year as a surge in demand for goods
caused by the pandemic confronted
a decline in trucking employment
that preceded the pandemic, White House, Progress Report Preview, via NBC.
According to NBC, the plan is one part of
a joint effort by the Department of Labor
and the Department of Transportation.
The joint effort emerged following
infrastructure legislation passed by Congress
and signed into law by Biden last year.
The joint effort emerged following
infrastructure legislation passed by Congress
and signed into law by Biden last year