The February truck transportation employment report was yet another step in a downward slide that has led to an industry stuck in a fairly tight range in the number of people it employs.
Seasonally adjusted jobs in truck transportation are down 15,400 from February 2024. It’s not the biggest year-to-year gap in recent years. But after jobs in the sector plummeted in August 2023 as a result of the closure of Yellow – the first big drop after several years of post-pandemic growth – the number of...