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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

The great freight recession

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

Talk Show, Daily News, News, Npr, On Point, Daily

4.23.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

The trucking industry, and more broadly the freight industry, still hasn't fully recovered from the business impacts of COVID. What's behind that?

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This is On Point. I'm Megyn Chakrabardi.

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If trucks don't move, you don't have anything.

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Your grocery stores aren't stocked.

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Your gas stations don't have fuel in them.

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I mean, everything relies upon a truck.

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And yet, that industry on which we all rely is struggling. For more than three years, the freight industry has been slipping.

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