FMCSA Adds Four Crash Types to Non-Preventable List
The addition brings to 21 the total number of crash types included in the program, according to a Dec. 3 announcement from FMCSA.
December 5, 2024US Lawmakers Push for Safer Roads as Recess Begins
Before leaving Washington for their August recess, congressional transportation leaders renewed calls for improving safety along the country’s mobility corridors.
July 30, 2024Funding Leaders Eye FY24 Bills’ Finalization
Leaders in the House and Senate aim to finalize legislation that would fund the Department of Transportation during fiscal 2024.
July 20, 2023Learn About FMCSA’s Regulatory Priorities for 2021
Each change in our country’s leadership brings a different vision of how our federal government should be run. That vision extends to the rules that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration adopts and enforces. Two former FMCSA executives will tell you what to expect from the new administration.
March 4, 2021Propane Group Seeks HOS Waiver
The propane industry has asked the federal government for a waiver of hours-of-service rules for truck drivers in the Midwest and northeastern United States who are hauling the gas.
January 16, 2014Agencies Duplicated Inspections, GAO Says
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Transportation Security Administration have conducted several dozen overlapping fleet inspections, according to a recent Government Accountability Office report about wasteful and duplicative federal programs.
March 14, 2011FMCSA Names 3 to Medical Review Board
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has appointed three new members to its Medical Review Board.
December 7, 2010Ferro Says FMCSA to Alter CSA to Address Industry Concerns
PHOENIX — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is making several changes in its soon-to-be-implemented overhaul of truck safety standards as a result of industry comments, Administrator Anne Ferro told Transport Topics.
October 25, 2010FMCSA to Increase Focus on Driver Health
PHOENIX — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is looking ahead to a number of rules focused on driver health and fitness in the next year or two, after the agency completes its spate of mandatory regulations, Administrator Anne Ferro said last week.
October 25, 2010