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U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today marked an historic moment in American transportation safety by formally inaugurating the new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). Secretary Slater called on the newest agency of the U.S. Department of Transportation to provide...
The U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General today announced that two Maryland trash-hauling firms were fined a total of $3.3 million -- a $1.3 million criminal penalty and a $2 million civil fine -- following their guilty pleas in June to an array of illegal activities...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today said that the U.S. Department of Transportation has taken significant action to improve truck and bus safety in the United States since the department's safety action plan was announced May 25 to further enhance highway safety.
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has published a Year 2000 resource guide to help state and local transportation agencies who have the primary responsibility for operating many of the nation's transportation systems prepare for the Y2K transition weekend.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today announced the results of a survey by the Stop Red Light Running partnership revealing that 98 percent of Americans agree that red light running is dangerous, but over half admit deliberately running red lights because they are in a hurry.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater today announced a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) proposal to require businesses involved in interstate commerce operating small buses or vans to comply with three rules that would help the FHWA establish an objective basis for applying...
Implementing new provisions that give U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) tough enforcement power to improve safety, the FHWA today proposed a major change to the safety fitness procedures of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.
Federal Highway Administrator Kenneth R. Wykle today announced that severe fines will be levied against two school bus companies for failing to comply with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater today announced a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) requirement that trucking companies install reflective tape or reflectors on trailers so they can be more easily seen. The rule is part of a U.S. Department of Transportation effort to...
In a step that will improve safety and enhance the free flow of highway commerce under the North American Free Trade Agreement, the United States and Canada have reached agreement on reciprocity of the medical fitness requirements for drivers of commercial motor vehicles. The agreement takes...