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Trucking Operational Costs Continue to Rise
The average marginal cost per mile for 2011 was $1.71, the highest rate since 2008. This data comes from the American Transportation Research Institute’s findings in its 2012 update to An Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking.
The research, which identifies trucking costs from 2008 to 2011 derived directly from fleet operations, gives carriers a high-level benchmarking tool and gorvermnet agencies with real-world data for future infrastructure improvement .
