WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced a final rule that employs the latest research in driver fatigue to make sure truck drivers can get the rest they need to operate safely when on the road. The new rule by the U.S....
Archived Press Releases
- December 22, 2011
- December 2, 2011
WASHINGTON - At the request of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the United States District Court for the District of Oregon has issued a temporary restraining order against Oregon-based bus...
- November 16, 2011
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Maryland-based Gunthers Transport, LLC an imminent hazard to public safety and ordered the trucking company to immediately cease all...
- November 7, 2011
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared North Carolina-based ATA Trail Inc. an imminent hazard to public safety, and ordered the passenger van company to immediately cease...
- October 7, 2011
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced $3,876,000 in fines against American Welding & Tank, LLC (AWT) of Fremont, Ohio for violating federal hazardous materials...
- September 30, 2011
WICHITA, KS - At an event today highlighting how teenagers can share the road safely with large trucks and buses, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator Anne S. Ferro (FMCSA), announced more than $5 million in federal grants for Kansas to improve...
- August 25, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced over $8 million in federal grants to improve commercial truck and bus safety across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. FMCSA...
- August 10, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced today that it has no intention to propose new regulations governing the transport of agricultural products. The agency also released...
- July 22, 2011
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood often says that of all the Department's responsibilities, safety is the most important - nothing else comes close. All of us at USDOT are working to build a transportation network that creates jobs and ensures...
- July 19, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Transportation announced today that in the last two years, the Obama Administration has issued as many imminent hazard orders placing unsafe bus and truck companies out of service as in the previous 10 years...