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U.S. Department of Transportation officials today released details of a plan to educate truck drivers about and to enforce a new hours-of-service rule. Starting Jan. 4, when the rule is implemented, state and federal officials expect to spend the first 60 days waging an aggressive education...
ATLANTA-U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta today announced a new national public-private partnership to combat low safety belt use among the nation's 11 million truck drivers. The announcement was prompted by a new national study released by the Secretary that found only 48 percent...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced that it has fined three New York for-hire motor carriers hauling primarily household goods for multiple violations of the Federal Motor Carrier Commercial Regulations (FMCCR). Investigations...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced that it is delaying the compliance date for its interim final rule governing interstate transportation of household goods by movers and brokers. A new compliance date will be...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today published for public comment its draft order on agency procedures for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).
U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta today announced $46.7 million in grants to help ensure the safe operation of Mexican commercial motor vehicles that operate in the United States and to help improve traffic flow at U.S.-Mexico border crossings. The funds will be used to build and...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced that it will exempt certain insulin-treated diabetic truck and bus drivers from the diabetes prohibitions in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. The new program for these...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced that it will prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement (EIS) and a general conformity evaluation (GCE) to meet the requirements of a United States Court of Appeals for...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced it has denied eight petitions for reconsideration from organizations that want the hours-of-service final rule altered. Published on April 28, the new hours-of-service final rule...
Citing 2002 as the fifth consecutive year for decreases in large truck-related traffic fatalities, U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta, with 2003 National Truck Driver Appreciation Week coming next week, applauded America's truck drivers for their continuing efforts to improve safety...