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The number of people killed in crashes involving large trucks increased 1.9% in 2011 compared with 2010, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a report released Monday.

American Trucking Associations Friday named Linden Lundberg the group’s new regional vice president for membership.

Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.), was selected by the House Democratic Caucus last week to continue to serve as the ranking member on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee when the new Congress convenes in January.

Consumer confidence declined in November, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released Friday.

U.S. retail diesel prices inched down 0.7 cent a gallon last week, but at $4.027 the average price of trucking’s main fuel has now topped $4 for a record 26th week this year, the Department of Energy reported.

The new Texas toll road that has the nation’s fastest speed limit — 85 mph — is rarely used by trucks because it is expensive and has little to offer, carriers said.

New Class 8 truck orders slipped to 20,200 in November from a nine-month high the previous month, as truck buyers increasingly turned their focus to next year, ACT Research reported.

ARLINGTON, VA. — Trucking should expect “piecemeal” measures that promote natural gas use because the federal government probably is too divided to tackle comprehensive legislation that could include incentives for buying natural gas trucks, two congressmen said.