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High insurance and registration fees, a lack of U.S. partners and more intense security will combine to keep Mexican trucks from taking advantage of expanded access to U.S. roads, a congressional report said.

Rumors Fly About MAN Breakup • Truck Restrictions Near U.N. Building Lifted • Mail Volumes Down By 2.8 Billion Items • One-Day Strike Hits Caterpillar Plant in England • And more...

WASHINGTON — Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator Joseph M. Clapp will collect the names of people who die in crashes with trucks and buses during January as a way to remind staff members that their purpose is to prevent fatalities.

A record decline in military aircraft bookings pushed down the value of all factory orders by 3.3% in November, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

Travel times through Salt Lake City could triple or quadruple during the February Olympic Games unless truckers plan their routes carefully, a Utah Deparment of Transportation spokesman said.

The nation’s purchasing managers rang in 2002 with an important note of optimism, indicating that the economy could be close to bottoming out and that a long-awaited upturn in the factory sector might be very near.

EPA May Fine Caterpillar Over Engine Deadline • UPS, Teamsters Set to Begin Talks • Delphi Lays Off 150 in Ohio • Richmond Fed's Factory Index Rises • And more...

WASHINGTON — The United States should be fully ready to open its border to Mexican trucks by the middle of this year, according to U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta.