WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today released findings from a real world, third-party study providing further scientific evidence that the restart provision in the current hours-of-service rule for truck drivers is more...
FMCSA Finalizes Rule to Shut Down Carriers Based on Patterns of Safety Violations. Next week, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will publish a Patterns of Safety Violations Rule which implements the agency’s authority to shut down a bus or truck company if the company...
Freight Shipments Rose 1.2% in November from October
The winter issue of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Guardian magazine (Vol. 20, Issue 4) featured a piece written by Scott Valentine, Data Quality Program Manager with FMCSA’s Analysis Division. The article details the various ways States have utilized funding from FMCSA’s Safety Data...
FMCSA to Hold Public Listening Sessions on Knowledge Testing Requirements for New Entrant Carriers, Freight Forwarders and Brokers
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will hold a public listening session on Jan. 13, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn., to solicit...
U.S. - NAFTA Trade Exceeds $100B for First Time on Record
FMCSA 64-13
FMCSA Declares South Carolina Trucking Companies and Commercial Driver to be Imminent Hazards to Public Safety
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared two Walterboro...
FMCSA 63-13
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Los Angeles-based passenger carrier John Andrew Ciego, which does business as “Its Good Promotion,” USDOT No. 1518915, to immediately cease...
The National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners (National Registry) was developed and implemented under the authority of Section 4116(a) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) (codified at 49 U.S.C. § 31149). The program...