Have your say: Survey of top industry issues now open through Oct. 10

It’s time again for professional drivers and others to have their say about what they see as the trucking industry’s primary issues.

The American Transportation Research Institute, the trucking industry’s not-for-profit research organization, today launched the 2025 Top Industry Issues Survey. The annual survey asks trucking industry stakeholders, including company drivers, to rank the top issues of concern for the industry along with potential strategies for addressing each issue.

Industry stakeholders are encouraged to complete the 2025 survey available by clicking here. The survey will remain open through Oct. 10.

The results of the 2025 survey will be released Oct. 26 as part of the American Trucking Associations Management Conference & Exhibition to be held in San Diego, California.

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Now in its 21^st year, ATRI’s annual analysis not only ranks the issues overall but also provides insights into how critical topics are ranked differently by motor carriers and professional drivers. The report also allows trucking stakeholders to monitor issues over time to better understand which issues are rising, or falling, in criticality.

“ATRI’s annual survey gives truck drivers an opportunity to make our collective concerns known,” said Lloyd Howell, an America’s Road Team Captain and professional truck driver for TCW, Inc. “Whether your top challenge is truck parking, driver compensation, detention at customer facilities, traffic congestion or something else, this is your chance to bring those issues to light. Please take a few minutes to complete the online survey and encourage your peers to do so also,” 

In last year’s survey, drivers’ ranking of issues included:

1. Parking
2. Driver compensation
3. The economy
4. Detention/Delay at customers’ facilities
5. Speed limiters
6. Broker issues
7. ELD mandate
8. Fuel prices
9. Autonomous trucks
10. Driver training standards

The carriers’ list of critical issues last year included:

1. The economy
2. Lawsuit abuse reform
3. Driver shortage
4. Insurance cost/availability
5. Driver retention
6. FMCSA’s Compliance, Safety and Accountability
7. Truck parking
8. Battery electric vehicles
9. Driver distraction
10. Diesel technician shortage

Last year’s overall ranking of issues — truckers, carriers and others combined —  was:

1. The economy
2. Truck parking
3. Lawsuit abuse reform
4. Insurance cost/availability
5. Driver compensation
6. Battery electric vehicles
7. FMCSA’s Compliance, Safety and Accountability
8. Detention/Delay at customers’ facilities
9. Driver shortage
10. Driver distraction