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SmartPark: Real-Time Parking Availability, 6-Month Field Operational Test
FMCSA completed Phase I by field testing a technology, namely, combined Doppler radar and laser scanning/light curtain. The test results from the contractor (independently verified and validated by Volpe) showed that the technology met three necessary performance requirements. Therefore, a...
Research and Recommendations for Improving FMCSA’s HM Cargo Tank Monitoring and Enforcement Program
Goal:To develop recommendations for how the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) can better meet the requirements for tracking and monitoring the safety performance of cargo tank facilities.Background:FMCSA built a system for collecting and evaluating information on the safety...Report on CDL Skills Test Delays (FAST Act, Section 5506)
Goal: To submit a report that describes, for each State, the status of skills testing for commercial driver’s license (CDL) applicants. Background: Section 5506 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, 2015 (FAST Act) requires the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier...Naturalistic Driving Study (Data Analysis)
Goal:To analyze the collected naturalistic driving data from the recently completed Onboard Monitoring System (OBMS) Field Operational Test (FOT) in order to identify safety-critical events and determine factors related to the occurrence of safety-critical events.Background:The recently completed...Motor Carrier Safety Research Analysis Committee
The committee provided a consistent process for recognized experts to review the Agency’s research portfolio and provide knowledgeable suggestions for addressing pressing motor carrier safety challenges and opportunities. FMCSA’s research program benefited from the suggestions and...
FMCSA Declares Massachusetts Trucking Company and Driver to be Imminent Hazards to Public Safety
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared a Lowell, Massachusetts-based trucking company, Kamway Services, USDOT No. 2509225, to be an imminent hazard to public safety and ordered the company to immediately cease all interstate and...
The Commercial Driver's License Implementation Report
The document linked above is The Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2018.
FMCSA Announces Controlled Substances Random Testing Rate for Calendar Year 2017
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced that the controlled substances random testing rate for regulated motor carriers will remain at 25 percent for calendar year 2017.
FMCSA regulations require that...
Imminent Hazard Out-of-Service Order Kamway Services 2016
This is an Imminent Hazard Operations Out-of-Service Order (“Order”) issued by the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation (“the Secretary”) pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 521(b)(5)(A), 49 U.S.C. § 13905(f), 49 U.S.C. § 31144(c)(1) and (5), 49 U.S.C. § 31133(a)(10), 49 U.S.C. §...