Running hard, standing still: Inside trucking’s 2026 data squeeze
The fastest-growing cost centers for motor carriers this year were tolls, up 13.2%; maintenance, up 8.6%; and driver benefits, up 6.6%. It takes an unyielding amount of American grit to haul the U.S. economy forward. That is what the trucking industry is working harder (and getting smarter) at amid a…