A weekly count of the net change in motor carrier of property trucking authorities. It is calculated by taking the number of granted authorities and subtracting the number of revocations during the period. Source: Carrier Details
**Typically there is a 12-24 month delay in reporting as a carrier must show 0 miles driven for 12 months before authority is revoked and takes months for that to be recognized**
Transportation providers, transportation managers, industry analysts
Increasing amounts of authorities are indicative of a growing for-hire trucking market with capacity being added, while declining authorities indicate there is insufficient demand to support the available capacity. These figures tend to lag the market.
