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In the news this morning: Volvo sales drop 5% in first half of 2000, North American sales plunge; Los Angeles, Long Beach ports booming as peak shipping season starts; Overnite Transportation launches expanded Canadian coverage; and more.

American Trucking Associations and the Environmental Protection Agency will meet on Nov. 7 before the U.S. Supreme Court to argue whether EPA can set revised smog and soot standards without a detailed congressional mandate.

Teamsters pilots for a BAX Global subsidiary are threatening to strike because they say they are frustrated with a lack of progress at the bargaining table.

Goodyear Tire and Rubber is soliciting nominations for the 18th annual installment of its Highway Hero awards.

This afternoon's headlines: GM calls for 3-week production halt At Wisconsin medium truck plant; Chancellor Corp. acquires Sapp Bros. Leasing; railroads say rail intermodal shipments still rising; and more.

Today's technology headlines: Unions vow to stay in Verizon talks if deal is near; Cannon Express launches new load-sharing site; Southwestern Bell DSL customers sue over bandwidth; and more.

Transportation officials in central Florida are embarking on a study of traffic and freight movement in the Orlando metropolitan area that they say takes an innovative approach.

California state officials and trucking lobbyists think they have fashioned a compromise over how to reform the state’s truck and trailer registration fee system in time for a Jan. 1 deadline.

Look at and listen to Pennsylvania trucker John A. Perfetti and you can see and hear the past, the present and the future of trucking.