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FMCSA 2015-2018 Strategic Plan

The 2015-2018 Strategic Plan presents FMCSA's comprehensive direction to focus its efforts on outreach, oversight, and enforcement resources directed at the entire CMV transportation life-cycle. It establishes a framework that places safety as the highest priority and employs three core...

USDOT Speed Limiting Devices NPRM

NHTSA and FMCSA are proposing regulations that would require vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 11,793.4 kilograms (26,000 pounds) to be equipped with a speed limiting device initially set to a speed no greater than a speed to be specified in a final rule and would require...

U.S. DOT Proposes Speed Limiters For Large Commercial Vehicles

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today that the Department’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) propose equipping heavy-duty vehicles with devices that limit their speeds on U.S. roadways, and...

The Statutory Rulemakings Report - July 2016

Pursuant to section 5307 of the FAST Act, the letter report provides written notification for each of the rulemakings subject to the requirement, including a description of actions taken to date, explanations of delay, and expected dates of completion.  The first report was due January...

Louisiana Declares State of Emergency due to Heavy Rain and Flooding

PROCLAMATION NUMBER 111 JBE 2016STATE OF EMERGENCY – HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING

WHEREAS, the Louisiana Homeland Security and Emergency Assistance and Disaster Act, La. R.S. 29:721, et seq., confers upon the Governor of the State of Louisiana emergency powers to deal with emergencies and disasters,...