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THE LATEST · WK 43
WASHINGTON JUST BOUGHT PARKING: $200M WORTH.
USDOT put $200M into 14 truck parking projects on October 14 — the second federal supply-side intervention of 2026 after Freedom Haulers. Parking is a hidden utilization tax on every HOS clock, and Washington just admitted the capacity gap is structural. Relief is years out. Meanwhile rejections re-broke 14% on supply scarcity, not demand. Read the signal, don't price the fix.
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WK 42Week of Oct 12, 2026
SIX WEEKS TO THANKSGIVING: THE REEFER TURN STARTS NOW — INTO THE TIGHTEST BASE MARKET IN YEARS.
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WK 41Week of Oct 5, 2026
RATES ROSE INTO OCTOBER. PEAK SEASON HAS ARRIVED.
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WK 40Week of Sep 28, 2026
SIXTEEN BANKRUPTCIES IN 30 DAYS: YOUR Q4 BID MATH JUST CHANGED.
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WK 39Week of Sep 21, 2026
REJECTIONS FELL 9%. RATES DIDN'T FOLLOW.
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WK 38Week of Sep 14, 2026
THE FIRST UPTICK SINCE JULY: REJECTIONS TURNED — YOUR WINDOW IS ONE PRINT FROM CLOSING.
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WK 36Week of Aug 31, 2026
The Blitz Is Over. The Trucks Coming Back Are Not the Ones the Market Parked.
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WK 35Week of Aug 24, 2026
THE BLITZ IS LIVE: 1 IN 7 TRUCKS COULD PARK THIS WEEK — AND THE PEAK ALREADY CAME.
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WK 34Week of Aug 17, 2026
The Floor Cracked: Biggest Van Rate Drop Since 2008 — Plus New Tariffs and a Brake Blitz
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WK 33AUG 10, 2026
THE FIRST SUPPLY-SIDE MOVE IN TWO YEARS.
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WK 32AUG 3, 2026
THE CH ROBINSON VERDICT IS CHANGING HOW FREIGHT GETS MOVED.
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WK 31JUL 27, 2026
A $604M VERDICT. AND FOUR OTHER THINGS THAT MOVED.
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WK 30JUL 20, 2026
THE MARKET MOVED ON FOUR FRONTS AT ONCE.
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WK 29JUL 13, 2026
FLATBED CROSSED $3.00. TONNAGE IS DOWN. EXPLAIN THAT.
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WK 28JUL 6, 2026
THE WORLD CUP IS MOVING FREIGHT. A LOT OF IT.
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WK 27JUN 29, 2026
DON'T NEGOTIATE INTO A HOLIDAY SPIKE.
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WK 26JUN 22, 2026
200,000 DRIVERS ARE LEAVING. NO ONE IS REPLACING THEM.
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WK 25JUN 15, 2026
HORMUZ DEAL SENDS OIL TUMBLING — BUT CAPACITY HOLDS RATES AT RECORDS.
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WK 242026-06-09
THE MARKET HAS REPRICED. H2 PLANNING STARTS NOW.
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WK 232026-06-02
RATES HOLD AFTER HOLIDAY. SCOTUS RULING TIGHTENS IT.
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WK 22MAY 25, 2026
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY. TUESDAY COMES FAST.
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WK 21MAY 18, 2026
THE FREIGHT RECESSION IS OVER.
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WK 20MAY 11, 2026
ROADCHECK STARTS TOMORROW. THE MARKET WAS ALREADY TIGHT.
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WK 19MAY 4, 2026
THREE EVENTS. TWENTY-ONE DAYS. NO ROOM FOR DELAY.
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WK 18APR 27, 2026
THE LULL WAS A TRAP. THE SQUEEZE STARTS NOW.
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WK 17APR 20, 2026
DIESEL $5.61. EVERY LANE HAS ALREADY CHANGED.
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