Cost Per Commercial Transport Mile Up Last Year

According to the latest research, the average marginal cost per commercial vehicle transportation mile in 2014 was $1.70, an increase from the $1.68 found in 2013.  

Noted the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), which issued the report, despite falling fuel prices, the rise in average operating costs in 2014 is attributed to an increase in equipment purchases, as well as driver wage increases driven by the ongoing driver shortage and the need to retain the industry’s most experienced professional drivers.

Since its original publication in 2008, ATRI has received nearly 10,000 requests for its Operational Costs of Trucking report, which continues to be among the most popular of ATRI’s research studies.   In addition to average costs per mile, ATRI’s report documents average costs per hour, cost breakouts by industry sector, and operating cost comparisons by region of operations.

A copy of this report is available from at www.atri-online.org.

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