Severe weather impacted January 2014 U.S.-Canada freight flows

Severe weather impacted January 2014 U.S.-Canada freight flows

FMCSA Explores Crash Weighting

At the February 27, 2014, meeting of the DOT|TRCC FMCSA presented on their ongoing research into crash weighting, The agency hopes this effort will determine how crash weighting might improve the agency’s ability to identify high crash-risk motor carriers.

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Value of 2013 U.S.-NAFTA Freight on Surface Modes Rose from 2012; Declined on Air and Vessel

Value of 2013 U.S.-NAFTA Freight on Surface Modes Rose from 2012; Declined on Air and Vessel

FMCSA Shuts Down Bus Companies in Georgia and South Carolina, Trucking Operations in Iowa and Massachusetts

All declared to be imminent hazards to public safety

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced that it has ordered the immediate shut-down of four motor carriers, each for disregarding federal...

FMCSA Shuts Down Illegal Utah Bus Company

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced that it has declared Sandy, Utah-based passenger carrier Serv-A-Bus, LLC, USDOT No. 1161287, to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered the company and its...

DOT Proposes Use of Electronic Logbooks to Improve Efficiency, Safety in Commercial Bus & Truck Industries

Updated rule would slash highest federal paperwork burden after taxes and prevent fatigued drivers

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced a proposal to require interstate commercial truck and...

Freight Shipments Fell 2.8% in January from December

Freight Shipments Fell 2.8% in January from December

Extension of Regional Emergency Declaration Issued by the Midwestern Service Center for Ohio

Pursuant to Title 49 CFR §§ 390.23 and 390.25, I, Darin G. Jones, Field Administrator ofthe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, declare an emergency exists that warrants issuance and extension of the State Regional Emergency Declarations continuing the exemptions...

Extension of Regional Emergency Declaration Issued by the Midwestern Service Center for Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin

Pursuant to Title 49 CFR §§ 390.23 and 390.25, I, Darin G. Jones, Field Administrator ofthe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, declare an emergency exists that warrants issuance and extension ofthe State Regional Emergency Declarations continuing the exemptions granted...

Extension of Regional Emergency Declaration Issued by the Midwestern Service Center for Indiana

Pursuant to Title 49 CFR §§ 390.23 and 390.25, I, Darin G. Jones, Field Administrator ofthe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, declare an emergency exists that warrants issuance and extension ofthe State Regional Emergency Declarations continuing the exemptions granted in...