Why “trucking” is being discussed
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Airlines are barely viable. They are surviving. "The quickest way to become a millionaire in the airline business is to start as a billionaire." Why do you think trucking indust…
by thelastgallon · Oct 7, 2026
All of the retailers and businesses were able to do business when new tariffs where introduced, which was complex, messy and changing weekly. The costs were passed on to consume…
by thelastgallon · Oct 7, 2026
Most of those "trucking companies" are just self-employed truck drivers... 500k trucking companies = 1 company per 700 people in the US, which would be crazy if they were actual…
by mizzao · Oct 6, 2026
Because shipping is easier than trucking at subzero temperatures on roads constantly being covered in snow. Also, we've been shipping by water much longer than we've been trucki…
by IAmBroom · Oct 6, 2026
I'm not saying trucks are bad or that we should get rid of them or that truckers shouldn't be paid or anything like that. If we closed the externality of trucking causing more d…
by dmm · Oct 6, 2026
> the heaviest users (‘heavy’ both figuratively and literally) invariably pay the largest share But the point is that the heaviest users(semitrucks) cause almost all of the dama…
by dmm · Oct 6, 2026
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Road transport or road transportation is a type of transport using roads. Transport on roads can be roughly grouped into the transportation of goods and transportation of people. In many countries licensing requirements and safety regulations ensure a separation of the two industries. Movement along roads may be by bike, automobile, bus, truck, or by animal such as horse or oxen. Standard networks of roads were adopted by Romans, Persians, Aztec, and other early empires, and may be regarded as a feature of empires. Cargo may be transported by trucking companies, while passengers may be transported via mass transit. Commonly defined features of modern roads include defined lanes and signage. Various classes of road exist, from two-lane local roads with at-grade intersections to controlled-access highways with all cross traffic grade-separated. Read more on Wikipedia