It doesn't have to be a top-down manner. Truckers (and those that rely on truckers) aren't stupid. If you were to go to them as a group and say "hey, we expec

It doesn't have to be a top-down manner. Truckers (and those that rely on truckers) aren't stupid. If you were to go to them as a group and say "hey, we expect 50% of you to lose your jobs, or at least too many working hours, over the next 20 years. How do you want this to play out?" I suspect you'd get a lot of denials, but you'd also get some interest in having a say over the future. The drivers would know where the jobs are harder, they'd be in a good place to nurture the transition. If they were doing so IN FURTHERANCE of their (evolved) job rather than just destroying it, I bet you'd find some folks with ideas. Others would want to transition to a related-but-new job. Or retire early. Or pick up skills for an UNRELATED job. All of which is easier to bring about over the course of years with people who aren't worried about how to pay their rent/mortgage/food/medical bills. In no way is this _easy_ - the number of issues to solve is huge and complex. But since we know the problem is going to happen I'd rather TRY to work on it, be that ruling from top or empowering the bottom or any other strategy other than "Wait until it's an emergency".