FTR Transportation Conference 2015

Sept. 16, 2015

The outlook for the freight markets coming out of FTR's annual transportation conference in Indianapolis this week is mostly good, with solid tonnage the byproduct of what's expected to be a still slow but steady U.S. economy in 2016. However, a growing series of regulatory hurdles and the ongoing driver shortage will keep making life difficult for trucking next year.

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Sean Kilcarr is a former longtime FleetOwner senior editor who wrote for the publication from 2000 to 2018. He served as editor-in-chief from 2017 to 2018.

 

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