Swift's East West Pay

That is correct. To get East Pay the load must Originate and Deliver in the East. Anything else is West pay.

 

My guess would be that the miles are more on the west. East coast running is alot of 1-300 mile runs in tight spaces with lots of traffic..so in order to get driver to go there some companies pay an incentive to run in that madness.

Personally at this moment my atlas goes as far as Ohio....this east coast I have heard reference to is another country obviously

 

Not sure, but I think the higher east pay is due to the fact a lot of drivers will not run the east, so it's an incentive. That's always been my guess, anyway.

 

1nonly is correct in that many drivers won't run the east and Nik is correct in his reason of short runs and congested traffic. (Although I didn't find NYC area or Chicago as frustrating as I do L.A.) Also, there's more freight going west to east than east to west so it's easier to get a driver from the west to the east and harder to get runs back to the west. Did I type the words "east and west" enough to get you confused? lol

 

east and west and west and east and east and then west and then east and some more east and a little west and some more west then east to west to west and then east and east and east and west or west and west and west and east....

There! If Nana didn't confuse ya, I did!

 

Also, many roads in the Eastern half are narrower than the Western side. IE: more precise driving (supposedly).

 

Try being lost in Boston and wondering how to get turned around multiple times on their really narrow streets....all I can say is they have some of the most patient motorists in this country....53 feet of off tracking trailer and a newbie....wow...and I survived without taking anything down....not sure an extra penny was worth the troubles I had that day....heck...I was ready to pay someone to get me out of there....LOL