Freight cycles are anything but regular
CDL & Trucking News · · Source: FreightWaves · By Zach Strickland, FW Market Expert & Market Analyst · 4 min read at the source
We call them freight cycles, but the term implies a regularity the data doesn’t support. Since 2000, the domestic transportation market’s turns have looked less like clockwork and more like a series of random shocks
Reported by Zach Strickland, FW Market Expert & Market Analyst for FreightWaves (Chart of the Week), originally published November 1, 2026.
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