All accurate points. Especially the just in time aspect, making trucks temporary warehouses more than ever before.
The cellphone has increased efficiency, as drivers can be dispatched on the go. No stopping at a truck stop and waiting for a pay phone to get dispatched. Even if you got an available pay phone quickly, the dispatcher might be busy with another driver.
More and more (union) manufacturing plants have priced themselves out of making parts for the in house assembly line, and have become mostly assembly plants. The parts come from other places.
The shipping container has become a big part of logistics, with trucks moving imports inland. Want to reduce some truck traffic? Stop buying products from overseas.
What is this ‘pay phone’ thing, of which you speak?
At least in AB, as pay phones get smashed by vandals, they are not repaired nor replaced. The nearest WORKING pay phone from my residence is at least 2 miles and I live in an inner-city suburb in Calgary.