Enhanced CSA Website Now Live
Enhancements to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability public Safety Measurement System website have gone live.
August 5, 2014Daily Briefings from Transport Topics
Transport Topics has partnered with Spoken Layer to make one-minute daily briefings available on all your smart devices. Simply say “Alexa, play Transport Topics” or “Okay Google, talk to Transport Topics” to get the day’s biggest trucking headlines.
DOT Secretary Foxx To Host ‘Virtual’ Town Hall Aug. 6
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx plans to address questions and concerns from the public during an online Webcast on Aug. 6.
August 5, 2014Deutsche Post Earnings Beat Estimates on Parcel Business
Deutsche Post AG’s second-quarter profit beat analysts’ estimates as the German parcel business and international express unit of Europe’s largest postal company expanded.
August 5, 2014Missouri to Choose Aug. 5 on Sales-Tax Hike for Roads
Missouri voters go to the polls Aug. 5 to decide if they want to add three-quarters of a cent to the state’s 4.225-cent sales tax to pay for transportation projects.
August 4, 2014FMCSA’s Anne Ferro to Depart
Anne Ferro, who oversaw a period of voluminous rulemaking for the trucking industry, has announced her resignation as head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
August 4, 2014Anne Ferro: A Timeline of Her FMCSA Tenure
Anne Ferro announced July 25 she would leave her post as FMCSA Administrator in late August to become head of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators. Here's a look back at events that took place during her time as chief.
August 4, 2014Editorial: Ferro Departs
It’s understandable that many in the trucking industry have mixed feelings about the departure of Anne Ferro, head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, who has announced her resignation.
August 4, 2014Rulemakings Loom Large in FMCSA’s Short History
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will be 15 years old in January — not long in the life of a government agency. That may explain in part why the five-year tenure of Administrator Anne Ferro, marked by a flurry of rulemaking, looms large in the agency’s and trucking history.
August 4, 2014Ferro’s Last Words to Senate: Don’t Change HOS Restart
In what was likely her final appearance before Congress as head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Anne Ferro said she opposes efforts to suspend the restart provision of the hours-of-service rules.
August 4, 2014DOT Awards 5 States Grants for Small Infrastructure Repairs
The Department of Transportation awarded about $4.5 million in grants this week to repair roads and bridges in several states.
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