As I head out next week to participate in a wellness panel at the NATERA Conference 2026(North American Transportation Employee Relations Association), I thought it would be important to lend a voice to the imperative nature of wellness in transportation. For years, driver wellness in transportation was treated as a nice‑to‑have—a benefit offered on the margins, disconnected from core business strategy. Today, the data tells a very different story. According to FMCSA‑referenc
