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Tucker Bubacz, a 17-year-old senior, climbs into the cab of a semi truck just outside Williamsport High School in Williamsport, Md. on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. Amanda Berg for NPR hide caption
The driver of the big rig one lane over might soon be one of these teenagers
Brandie Diamond describes herself as a "transgender truck driver/chef/Jill-of-all-trades." But her career in trucking began in the mid-1980s, and she hadn't come out as trans back then. Meg Vogel for NPR hide caption
Brandie Diamond stands by her FedEx Custom Critical truck in a Walmart Supercenter parking lot in Columbus, Ohio. Meg Vogel for NPR hide caption
Heavy haul trucker Eric Jammer stands in front of his truck. Samantha Kraulik/Anderson Trucking Service hide caption
Shipping containers tower over the truck entrance of the Port Houston Barbours Cut Container Terminal in La Porte, Texas. Brandon Thibodeaux for NPR hide caption
Waiting on that holiday gift from your online cart? It might be stuck at a seaport
Co-owners Vamsi Yaramaka (left) and Raj Alturu stand inside Eat Spice on Oct. 24, in the truck stop on Route 534 off I-80 in White Haven, Pa. The restaurant caters to members of the Sikh community. For them, Indian and Mediterranean dishes can be hard to find on the road. Matt Smith hide caption
Early-morning traffic backs up on Interstate 5 during a Jan. 11 snowstorm in Portland, Ore. Truck drivers say such conditions, combined with limitations on their working hours, cost them a lot of money because of their mileage-based pay. Don Ryan/AP hide caption
White House Pushes New Truck Safety Regulation While Loosening Obama-Era Rules
Wayne Berry is training to be a truck driver. The shortage of drivers is so severe that on his second day of training, he already had a job offer. Frank Morris/KCUR hide caption
Eric Pennucci of Horizon Air Services, a Boston trucking firm, does not like the idea of 18-year-olds behind the wheel of tractor-trailers. Chris Arnold/NPR hide caption
The trucking industry is short about 30,000 drivers nationwide, says the American Trucking Associations. Women are joining the ranks to help fill the void. iStockphoto hide caption
To Reverse Driver Shortage, Trucking Industry Steers Women To Jobs
U.S. pork is among the products Mexico hit with new tariffs because of a long-running, NAFTA-related trucking dispute. WILL KINCAID/AP hide caption