Industry image and perception, training school completion, truck parking shortages, restroom access, and gender harassment and discrimination were among the key obstacles that hold back female truck ...

LUFKIN Ashli Streeter entered truck driving school with high hopes of the open road and a well-paying job. The 27-year-old from Killeen took out a $7,000 loan for school and received her commercial ...

On this episode of HDT Talks Trucking, hear how Tammie Dean, a former truck driver, started a program to support other women drivers as a recruiter at Lily Transportation. In this HDT Talks Trucking ...

Women truck drivers are safer and more likely to follow the rules of the road than male drivers, according to an evaluation of 12 years of truck inspection data. So why aren’t there more women drivers ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] The American Transportation Research Institute has initiated new research into a question that the trucking industry has seemingly been ...

The percent of women as student drivers and trainees in the transportation industry shrank in recent years, according to a 2024 survey from The National Transportation Institute. Women represented ...

Several women who applied to work as truck drivers for a company’s Mississippi branch over the course of three decades were refused jobs — and men were hired instead, according to federal officials.

Women have broken barriers for decades, taking on roles that have been traditionally “male” and excelling in those. One of the few remaining male dominated career fields remains truck driving. And now ...

The Sisters of the Road tour will take place throughout Women’s History Month to highlight women truck drivers and ensure their voices are heard. Michel and Desiderato at the Sisters of the Road tour ...

Ashli Streeter poses for a portrait on U.S. Route 190 in Killeen on Sept. 20, 2023. (Montinique Monroe, Montinique Monroe) Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and ...