California Port/Trucking Crisis Is Due To Legislation They Passed Last Year
Experts say trucking regulations aren't to blame for the cargo backlog.
"To attribute the problems of today to this mandate is not accurate," Miguel Jaller Martelo, co-director of the Sustainable Freight Research Program at the University of California-Davis, said in an email. "I would concentrate more on low wages, and new shipping trends that resulted from shifts in demand and consumption patterns during COVID."
Oct 22nd, 2021