FTA - Oversight of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

FMCSA Establishes National Drug and Alcohol Testing Clearinghouse for Commercial Truck and Bus Drivers

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced a final rule that establishes a national drug and alcohol clearinghouse for commercial truck and bus drivers.  The clearinghouse database will serve as a central...

Federal Transit Administration Updates Congress on WMATA Metrorail Safety Oversight

WASHINGTON – Thanks, in part to the temporary, direct and robust safety oversight of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority (WMATA) Metrorail system by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA), WMATA is implementing needed safety changes,...

News Digest DOT 148-16

FMCSA Seeks Comment on Alternative Medical Examiner Certification Process for Department of Veterans Affairs Physicians.  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is proposing amendments to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to establish...

FMCSA Declares Idaho Truck Driver to be an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Idaho-licensed truck driver Justin Dennis to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle (...

Latest Data on Positive Train Control Implementation Show Uneven Progress across Railroads

Latest Data on Positive Train Control Implementation Show Uneven Progress across Railroads

Q3 2016 data released

WASHINGTON – The Federal Railroad Administration today released third quarter 2016 data submitted by railroads on their progress in...

Seat Belt Use in U.S. Reaches Historic 90 Percent

Lives saved estimated at nearly 345,000 since 1975

WASHINGTON – Seat belt use in the United States has reached its highest level since the Federal government began regular national surveys in 1994, according to a study released by the U.S....

FRA Proposes Safety Standard Updates to Allow for High-Speed Passenger Trains

Provides new path for passenger safety to be evaluated and achieved Agency invites comments on proposal 

WASHINGTON – The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today proposed updates for the passenger train safety standards used in the United States as the country...

FMCSA Declares Connecticut Truck Driver to be an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Connecticut-licensed truck driver Allen R. Johnson, Sr. to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle (CMV) in...

NHTSA Sets “Quiet Car” Safety Standard to Protect Pedestrians

New requirement of audible alert will help prevent 2,400 pedestrian injuries a year

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today announced that it is adding a sound requirement for all newly manufactured...