Industry Mascot “Safety Sammy” travels the country as a symbol of America’s most essential industry: trucking!
Industry Mascot “Safety Sammy” travels the country as a symbol of America’s most essential industry: trucking!
Every day, millions of trucks and professional truck drivers travel across the United States to help move America forward.
From stories of trucking families who represent the generations in the industry, to Black History Month leaders, women of trucking, and the professional drivers who have hauled the annual U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, each of these trucking professionals has their own personal story to share. Learn about their lives in trucking, what drew them to the industry, and their motivation to keep on trucking.
VIDEOS: TruckingFWD
From essential frontline drivers, to the trucking mascot on local TV, to engaging industry TikToks, check out the latest trucking stories in video. #ThankATrucker
The Trucker: TMAF campaign calls on public to #ThankATrucker
Trucking Moves America (TMAF) is thanking America’s professional truck drivers during their annual #ThankATrucker campaign during National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, Sept. 11-17.
“The campaign,…
Did You Know?
The trucking industry is so essential that we couldn’t imagine life without it. Thousands of companies deliver thousands of items and supplies to thousands of locations every single day, keeping this nation’s economy functioning through their hard work, dedication, and service.
$732.3 Billion
the size of the U.S. trucking industry
72.5%
of all goods in the U.S. are moved by truckers
$48.6 Billion
paid in federal & state highway taxes
7.65 Million
people employed in trucking jobs
40.6%
of trucking jobs are held by minorities
7.2%
of truck drivers are women
100K Miles
driven per year by average trucker driver
42 Million
trucks on the road
60 Trucks
in 2022 have same emissions as 1 truck in 1988
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