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Selika Josiah Talbott on building a reliable, equitable transportation system

Shift: A podcast about mobility

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The State of California Is Not Allowing for Autonomous Trucking

The average truck driver is over 57 years of age. The turnover rate for most companies is more than 97% and although trucking is the number one job in 29 states, we do not have enough truck drivers today. A significant portion of the goods that comes in through the United States comes into the ports in California. These trucks are moving across the country almost everything we need. We can't turn a blind eye to that. And again, this is government, what I think falling down on the job. It will harm people in the long run. How long will we take to get there?

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