WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced the formation of a 26-member advisory committee that is tasked with updating classroom and new behind-the-wheel training...
Archived Press Releases
- February 10, 2015
- February 3, 2015
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared a Mitchell, South Dakota-based trucking company, Lonnie Roth, USDOT No. 2461387, and separately its owner, Lonnie Roth, as a...
- January 21, 2015
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced through the Federal Register a study that examined (1)...
- January 12, 2015
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced the availability of $30 million in state grants through two annual programs, each designed to strengthen commercial vehicle safety...
- January 9, 2015
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation announced today that Mexican motor carriers will soon be able to apply for authority to conduct long-haul, cross-border trucking services in the United States, increasing economic and export...
- December 31, 2014
FMCSA to Maintain 50 Percent Random Drug Testing Rates through 2015. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) reported today that the annual minimum random controlled substances testing rates for employees in...
- December 12, 2014
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has announced through a Federal Register notice that the agency is seeking comment from commercial driver and training organizations, truck and bus associations, motor carriers, state licensing...
- December 9, 2014
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today that, effective Dec. 18, 2014, professional truck drivers will no longer have to comply with a burdensome daily paperwork requirement, saving the trucking industry an estimated $1...
- December 3, 2014
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Florida-licensed truck driver James H. Patterson to be an imminent hazard to public safety and ordered him not to operate any...
- November 28, 2014
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has announced through an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) that the Agency is seeking comment from the public, liability insurance providers, motor carriers, brokers and freight...