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A $4 billion class-action lawsuit was filed by 11 Mexican trucking companies on Tuesday, claiming the U.S. government has illegally denied them access to United States in accordance with the North American Free Trade Agreement..

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President Bush late Tuesday signed into law a $59.6 billion transportation appropriations bill for fiscal 2002 that grants Mexican trucks access to U.S. highways provided they meet stringent safety provisions, the Associated Press reported.

There will be a price to pay for increased security in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but it’s not clear who’s going to pay it, according to panelists at the Transport Topics Management Outlook Forum.

Congress is considering legislation that would provide private bus operators with millions of dollars in government grants to beef up security.

The U.S. index of leading economic indicators, an important gauge of future economic activity, rose for the second straight month in November, the Conference Board said Wednesday.

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The number of new homes being built in the United States rose in November to the highest level since July, despite the first recession in a decade, a government report said Tuesday.

Officials of several of the nation’s largest trucking companies told Transport Topics they are going to buy fewer than normal or no 2003-model Class 8 tractors because of concern over how the new generation of cleaner-burning diesel engines will perform.