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Ontario-licensed driver declared to be an imminent hazard to public safety
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Ontario, Canada-licensed truck driver Inderjit Singh Gill to be an imminent hazard...
Part of agency’s comprehensive campaign to reduce fatalities at railroad crossings
OXNARD, Calif. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced a $1.5 million grant to the State of California to fund the design of a...
USDOT Announces Unrepaired Recalled Volvo Trucks That May Still May be Operating on the Nation’s Roadways Are in an Unsafe Condition and Are to Be Immediately Placed Out-of-Service by Federal and State Inspectors. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today announced proposed regulations to update critical safety requirements for natural gas transmission pipelines. The proposed rule would broaden the scope...
Part of agency’s effort to increase education of railroad crossing safety, reduce fatalities
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today launched a redesigned website to serve as a...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared South Carolina-licensed truck driver Stevie Wolfe Breland to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered him not to operate any commercial...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a final rule that significantly strengthens state safety oversight and enforcement authority to prevent and mitigate accidents and incidents on rail transit systems.
“With the more...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today published new safety performance measures as part of its national safety program, calling for State and regional targets to help reduce highway deaths and injuries,...
Daylight Saving Time to Begin Sunday, March 13 for Most Americans. Most of the nation will return to daylight saving time at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 13, 2016, when clocks will be turned ahead one hour, providing an additional hour of daylight in the evening. Under law, daylight...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will hold a pair of public meetings this spring to gather input as it develops guidelines for the safe deployment of automated safety technology. The meetings, to be held in Washington, D.C...