May 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

April 2015 North American Freight Numbers

Veterans Transition into Civilian Jobs as Commercial Truck and Bus Drivers in Record Numbers through USDOT/FMCSA Program

WASHINGTON – More than 10,000 veterans and active duty personnel have now taken advantage of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Military Skills Test Waiver Program. In the first three years of the Military...

EPA, DOT Propose Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy-Duty Trucks

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are jointly proposing standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles that would improve fuel efficiency and cut carbon pollution to reduce...

FMCSA Orders Shut-down of Trucking Companies in Illinois, Georgia, as Imminent Hazards to Public Safety

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) in separate actions has ordered Payson, Illinois-based Rhino Displays, USDOT No. 1474447, and Hampton, Georgia-based Prudential Carriers, Inc., USDOT No. 248188, respectively, to...

News Digest DOT 55-15

FMCSA Adopts Procedures Enhancing Safeguards for Voluntarily Submitted Confidential Business Information. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has established procedures to further protect from public disclosure certain confidential commercial or financial information...

April 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

Final rule on heavy-duty vehicle Electronic Stability Control

NHTSA's final rule on heavy-duty vehicle electronic stability control

U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces Groundbreaking Final Rule on Heavy-Duty Vehicle Electronic Stability Control

Requirement will save up to 49 lives, prevent up to 1,759 crashes each year, and provide net economic benefits of more than $300 million annually

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today that the Department’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)...

BTS Releases March 2015 North American Freight Numbers

Trucking and Motorcoaches