When Tammie Dean was an over-the-road truck driver, she had stopped to get fuel and was coming out of the truck stop when a male truck driver said, “Ma’am, you’re going out the wrong door.” He wasn’t ...

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 ...

The American Transportation Research Institute recently released new research identifying approaches to increase the number of women truck drivers entering and staying in the industry. After ...

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 ...

Armed with an English degree, Julia Hogan turned to a career as a truck driver after the pandemic hit. (IBJ photo/Chad Williams) Julia Hogan spent the first decades of her professional life as a ...

Women make up just 7% of truckers in the United States—a number that shows no sign of increasing, even while the industry suffers from a huge shortage of workers. We hear from trucker Desiree Wood, ...

Two Auburn University Harbert College of Business researchers who studied the trucking industry found a consistent pattern they say sends a clear message: Women truck drivers are safer and more likely ...

The trucking industry has complained for years that there is a dire shortage of workers willing to drive big rigs. But some women say many trucking companies have made it effectively impossible for ...

Gas stations have a reputation for being dangerous, especially for women. Women, perceived as more vulnerable, are likelier than men to experience carjacking, robbery and sexual crimes. Around 63,000 ...

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 ...