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FMCSA Orders Lyons Limousine to Shut Down

Wisconsin-based company repeatedly used underaged and unqualified commercial drivers

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety...

Press Release

SAFETY PARTNERS WORK TO END DISTRACTED DRIVING

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), California Highway Patrol (CHP...

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April 1, 2016 News Digest

BTS Releases Transportation Statistics Annual Report 2015. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released the...