Transportation Funding Hike All But Dead in West Virginia
West Virginia bases its fuel taxes on the wholesale price, a policy that cost the state 2.6 cents per gallon of revenue during the past two years.
March 8, 2016Daily Briefings from Transport Topics
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Capitol Agenda for the Week of March 8: Trucking in the Aviation Bill
House Republican leaders have yet to provide details of a temporary extension that would authorize federal aviation programs. Current authorization for those programs expires at the end of the month.
March 8, 2016FMCSA Commissions Study on CSA
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on March 7 announced that it had commissioned a study of its safety performance scoring system.
March 7, 2016FMCSA Returns CSA Raw Data to Public View
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced on March 7 that it has returned to public view the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program’s raw safety data for property motor carriers.
March 7, 2016FMCSA Extends Comment Period for Proposed Safety Fitness Determination Rule
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended by two months, to May 23, the public-comment period for its proposed safety fitness determination rule.
March 7, 2016FMCSA Revamps Definition of High-Risk Carrier
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has revamped its carrier prioritization process to enable safety investigators to take more immediate action against carriers with the highest crash risk.
March 7, 2016Massachusetts Mayor Vetoes Heavy-Trucking Ban
An ordinance that would ban heavy trucking on Wheeler Street in the city's west end will be back before the City Council on March 7 because the mayor vetoed it.
March 7, 2016Letters: Proud to Be a Retired Professional Truck Driver,
I am a proud retired professional driver with more than 44 years and 5.3 million accident-free miles behind the wheel.
March 7, 2016Senate Committee Advances Darling’s FMCSA Nomination
Scott Darling’s nomination to lead the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration was easily advanced by the Senate Commerce Committee on March 3.
March 7, 2016FMCSA Announces Plans to Issue Proposed Entry-Level Driver Training Rule
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on March 4 made public its “negotiated” proposed entry-level driver training rule that would revise the standards required for new interstate and intrastate commercial vehicle operators to obtain a commercial driver license.
March 4, 2016