Alex Leslie, ATRI | TL Carrier Costs: 2026 Update
Interview recorded on August 18, 2026.
Freight rates are moving higher as the truckload market starts to tighten. In this episode, Chris Caplice is joined by Dr. Alex Leslie, Senior Research Associate at the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), to break down the findings from ATRI’s latest Operational Costs of Trucking report.
The report points to a different kind of freight recovery than the industry has seen in recent cycles. Rather than a major surge in demand, capacity has been leaving the market after several difficult years for carriers. At the same time, fleets are facing…
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