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U.S. Department of Transportation Permanently Bans Commercial Drivers Convicted of Human Trafficking

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced a final rule that permanently bans drivers convicted of human trafficking from operating a commercial motor...

Mid-America Trucking Show

Remarks Prepared for Delivery byU.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. ChaoMid-America Trucking ShowLouisville, KYFriday, March 29, 2019

Thank you, Ray.

Welcome to my hometown! I really hope you enjoy your stay in Louisville. And please spend lots of money – the city will...

Military Under 21 Pilot Program

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)core mission is to reduce commercial motor vehicle‐related crashes and fatalities. The FMCSA Office of Research will conduct a pilot program to determine the safety benefits or risks posed by...

Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) Communications

Over the past several years, the U.S. DOT and its operating administrations have engaged in numerous activities related to connected vehicles, which generally encompass vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I), and vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) communications, collectively known...

Automated Driving System Demonstration Grants

On September 18, 2019, U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced $60 million in Federal grant funding to the selected award recipients for the Automated Driving Systems (ADS) Demonstration Grant Notice of Funding Opportunity. (Press Release)

The 73 proposals are...

FMCSA Announces Clarifying Regulatory Guidance for Transportation of Agricultural Commodities, Personal Conveyance

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced new regulatory guidance clarifying the longstanding 150 air-miles hours-of-service agricultural commodity exemption as well as providing additional explanatory detail of the “...

January 2018 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

January 2018 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

2017 North American Freight Numbers

Raymond P. Martinez Begins Tenure as New Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator

WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today swore in Raymond P. Martinez as the sixth Administrator for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).

“Ray’s years of experience promoting traffic safety at the state level, as...