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WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced a final rule specifically prohibiting interstate truck and bus drivers from using hand-held cell phones while operating their vehicles. The joint rule from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the...
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 transportation services. FMCSA issued an...
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 all transportation services. FMCSA issued an...
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 safety standards. The company was fined for...
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 truck and bus safety across the state.
WASHINGTON, DC - Federal, state and local police began conducting thousands of surprise safety inspections of motorcoaches, tour buses, school buses and other passenger vehicles across the country today as the national Motorcoach Safety Summit, sponsored by the US Department of Transportation's...
WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced over $2 million in federal grants to improve commercial truck and bus safety across the state of North Dakota. FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro and North Dakota highway...
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 Deputy Administrator William Bronrott joined...
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 guidance designed to make sure states...
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 America's long-term competitiveness. Still,...