Statement Of Consolidated Shareholders' Deficit (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Total	Preferred Stock [Member]	Common Stock [Member]	Capital Surplus [Member]	Accumulated Deficit [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Member]	Treasury Stock, At Cost [Member]
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2013		$ 0	$ 0.1	$ 1,964.4	$ (2,154.2)	$ (315.0)
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Issuance of preferred stock		0.6
Issuance of common stock			0.1
Issuance of equity, net	250.0			249.3
Share-based compensation	6.6			5.9
Amortization of Beneficial Conversion Feature on Preferred Stock	18.1			18.1	(18.1)
Conversion of preferred shares to common shares		(0.6)		0.6
Issuance of equity upon conversion of Series B Notes			0.1	64.7
Net loss attributable to YRC Worldwide Inc.					(70.2)
Reclassification of net pension actuarial losses to net loss						2.0
Foreign currency translation adjustments						(1.1)
Equity issuance costs	(17.1)			(17.1)
Ending balance at Mar. 31, 2014	$ (363.1)	$ 0	$ 0.3	$ 2,285.9	$ (2,242.5)	$ (314.1)	$ (92.7)