http://www.ttnews.com Trucking News Throughout the Day. Intermodal freight volumes showed their first year-over-year gain in 15 months during December as the U.S. economy improved, raising hopes for a resurgence, said the latest Intermodal Association of North America market report. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/petemplate.aspx?storyid=23863 - Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:00:00 GMT The lengthy and ongoing truck sales drought caused America's Class 8 truck fleet to contract 2.1% during the fourth quarter, the first such decline since the third quarter of 2008, according to the year-end report on commercial vehicle registrations by R.L. Polk & Co. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/petemplate.aspx?storyid=23861 - Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:45:00 GMT The U.S. Senate last week passed legislation that would extend current highway legislation and transfer $20 billion to the Highway Trust Fund, but a key legislator reportedly said the Senate bill would not pass the House of Representatives, which already has approved a broader, more expensive measure. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/petemplate.aspx?storyid=23859 - Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:30:00 GMT While U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson indicated last week that her agency was moving forward with plans to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, opposition to a Senate cap-and-trade bill seemed to be gaining enough momentum to block its passage. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/petemplate.aspx?storyid=23858 - Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:15:00 GMT Orders for new trailers rose 10% in January, compared with 2009, ACT Research Co. LLC reported last week, but the increase may not signal the start of a prolonged recovery, an ACT analyst said. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/petemplate.aspx?storyid=23860 - Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT January truck tonnage rose 5.7%, the biggest year-over-year increase in five years and solid evidence of a recovery in the industry and the U.S. economy, American Trucking Associations reported last week. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/petemplate.aspx?storyid=23854 - Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:30:00 GMT WASHINGTON - Officials attending American Trucking Associations' Winter Leadership Meeting here last week said they were more optimistic about the future than they were a year ago, because the economic fortunes and political winds appear to be changing. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/petemplate.aspx?storyid=23862 - Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:15:00 GMT The demise of IdleAire, the largest U.S. truck-stop electrification vendor, leaves the door open for several smaller operators that hope to build their own businesses with a simpler product. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/petemplate.aspx?storyid=23857 - Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT WASHINGTON - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator Anne Ferro said she is committed to launching the agency's new truck safety rating system in July, although she expects there will be problems at the start. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/petemplate.aspx?storyid=23853 - Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT Over the past decade, a growing number of fleets have begun outsourcing more of their tire maintenance needs as a way to save on machinery, equipment and training costs. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/petemplate.aspx?storyid=23856 - Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:45:00 GMT The average price of diesel around the nation jumped 7.6 cents a gallon to $2.832, as fuel reversed a five-week downward trend, the Department of Energy reported last week. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/petemplate.aspx?storyid=23855 - Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:30:00 GMT