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DOT Official Says U.S.-Mexico Border Will Open in July • R.I. House OKs Fuel Tax Hike • Collapsed Okla. Bridge Could Cost $15M to Fix • W.Va.'s Top Truck Weight Watcher to Retire • And more ...

Three associations said last week they were interested in joining the America’s Trucking Army campaign, said a spokesman for American Trucking Associations.

NEW YORK — A panel of trucking executives painted a generally optimistic outlook for the nation’s economy based on recent freight trends.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.On Page One of this week’s TT is some of the first downright positive economic news we’ve heard in many months from trucking executives who were willing to be quoted.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.The question I probably get asked the most, at least of late, is where is the economic recovery for the trucking industry. After all, the nation’s gross domestic product grew at a 5.8% annual rate in the first quarter of this year, the highest rate since the fourth quarter of 1999. Yet truck tonnage grew by only a scant 0.3% during the same quarter compared to a year earlier.

Drivers, Construction Works Celebrate Big I Completion • CF Hikes Rates, Drops Andersen • Meridian, Kennametal Seal Management Deal • Crude Oil Prices Drop, As Gasoline-Supply Level Seen Higher • And more...

Mexican Police Recover 8 Tons of Missing Cyanide • Intelligent Transportation Systems Seen Protecting Highways • U.S. DOT Issues Fuel Truck Alert • FBI Reorganizing to Fight Terrorism • And more...

The chairman of the American Trucking Associations said the detours brought on by the collapse of the Webber Falls bridge on Interstate 40 could hurt smaller, local truck operators, news services reported.

Consumer confidence rose in May to its second-highest level since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Conference Board reported Tuesday.