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Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Restart Study Data Collection Concludes

WASHINGTON – The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced today that the Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) Driver Restart Study has concluded data collection for the congressionally-mandated naturalistic study of the operational, safety, health, and fatigue impacts of two...

FMCSA Orders Utah Bus Company to Cease all Operations

WASHINGTON – A Woods Cross, Utah-based bus company that primarily transported children has been ordered by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to cease all intrastate and interstate operations for repeatedly operating unsafe vehicles and...

GAO Report Supports Positive Safety Impact of Hours-of-Service Rule

WASHINGTON – The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) released a response today [attachment] to the recent U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that examined the Agency’s 2014 study on the hours-of-service (HOS) changes that were made in 2011 and...

FMCSA Hours of Service Reponse

In carrying out its s.afety mandate, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) partners with stakeholders to reduce bus and truck-related crashes.  To support this effort, FMCSA issued its 2011 hours-of-service (HOS) rule. While these new provisions were in place, there...

Independent Review Team (IRT) Final Report

The Secretary of Transportation asked the Independent Review Team (IRT) to provide actionable information for his response to National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommendations issued after its investigation of four commercial vehicle crashes and to provide insights and perspectives on...

Independent Review Team

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx convened an expert Independent Review Team (IRT) as a result of two NTSB recommendations for audits of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) compliance review processes.  The NTSB recommendations were the result of...