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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. verall for-hire trucking freight volumes surged 1.9% in November from a month earlier, American Trucking Associations said Tuesday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. irginia and North Carolina officials are considering a plan to put tolls on Interstates 95 and 85 near the states' border, the Associated Press reported Sunday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. reightliner LLC said it plans to lay off 130 workers in Portland, Ore., citing the need to juggle the mix of trucks produced at its Swan Island plant there, the Oregonian newspaper reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he index of U.S. leading economic indicators rose for a second straight month in November, the New York-based Conference Board reported Thursday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Senate late Wednesday approved a six-month extension of the USA Patriot Act to keep the anti-terrorism law from expiring on Dec. 31, the Associated Press reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he number of U.S. workers filing initial unemployment benefits fell by 13,000 to 318,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ew toll hikes will take effect Jan. 1 on the West Virginia Turnpike, the Associated Press reported Thursday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. s New York City's mass transit strike entered its third day Thursday, commercial trucks continued to be banned from entering Manhattan south of 96th Street from 5 a.m. to 11 a.m., city officials told Transport Topics.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>Strong freight-hauling demand and tight capacity allowed trucking companies to increase rates in 2005, but much of the income from those higher rates, executives said, was needed to cover rising costs for fuel, drivers and equipment.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. eader of the union representing New York City’s transit workers voted Thursday to return their 33,000 members to work without a new contract, the Associated Press reported.