Welcome to the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Newsletter, presented by Tai Software. This issue features the top freight stories of the year to date, a discussion about FreightWaves' founder for DOT Secretary, and more.

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**The Top Stories on FreightWaves, According to You**

**Methodology** — Earlier this week, I met with FreightWaves' editorial team to determine which stories our readers engaged with the most. Based on over 34 million clicks on the site this year, some very clear topics emerged.

I then polled my audience of readers and listeners (approximately 150,000 subscribers/followers across platforms) in all areas of logistics to gather their opinions. Here are the top stories of 2024 so far, according to you.

**Endless Freight Recession/Carrier Bankruptcies**

Across all our social media polls, this brutal freight market received over half the votes. Additionally, five of the top 10 stories on FreightWaves.com were related to bankruptcies.

"The Carrier Details Total Trucking Authorities is down 10,460 since the beginning of the year, but it tends to skew high because of the amount of time it takes for an authority to be revoked" – Freightonomics’ Tony Mulvey

While we haven't seen a shutdown as dramatic as Yellow's in 2023, the sheer volume of closures...