WASHINGTON 鈥 The top U.S. trucking regulator pledged to step up its safety initiatives and outreach programs this year to aggressively go after commercial drivers unfit to operate on the nation鈥檚 highways.
January 19, 2015BusinessGovernmentSafety
More Than 1,000 Mexican Carriers Held Authority to Operate in US Before Border Opened
Contained in the U.S. Department of Transportation鈥檚 announcement of permitting Mexican carriers to run in the United States was a report that showed about 1,000 Mexican carriers already have longhaul operating authority here.
January 19, 2015BusinessFuelSafetyGovernment
TT Archives: U.S. Department of Transportation Starts
Pictured in this issue of 聽Transport Topics, DOT鈥檚 first secretary, Alan S. Boyd, celebrated the department's first official day of operation on April 1, 1967, by riding in the hot air balloon 鈥淕olden Bear鈥 with balloonist Don Piccard.
January 19, 2015BusinessSafetyAutonomous
America鈥檚 Road Team Captains to Spread Trucking鈥檚 Safety Message
American Trucking Associations last week named 19 truck drivers to represent the industry as the 2015-2016 America鈥檚 Road Team.
January 19, 2015BusinessGovernmentSafetyFuel
Transportation Leaders Haunted By Road Woes, Clean-Air Rules
WASHINGTON 鈥 While transportation professionals keep coming up with innovations in distribution, they also are squeezed by deteriorating infrastructure and demands for improved environmental quality, industry experts said.
January 19, 2015BusinessSafetyGovernment
Self-Driving Vehicles In Commercial Use, But Consumer Versions Still Years Away
WASHINGTON 鈥 Automated vehicle operation is under way, and the technology could expand the availability and types of transportation options for commercial and consumer vehicles in years to come, industry and government experts said.聽
January 19, 2015TechnologyEquipmentSafety
Dealers Adjust to OEMs鈥 Diagnostics Systems by Revamping Service Center Operations
Dealerships are updating service facilities and rethinking their management practices to keep pace with onboard remote diagnostics systems that truck makers offer to limit maintenance delays and get truckers back out on the road, industry representatives said.
January 19, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafetyAutonomous
FMCSA Recruiting Drivers and Carriers for HOS Study
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is looking for truck drivers and carriers willing to participate in an hours-of-service driver restart study.
January 16, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafetyTechnologyEquipment
Boxer: Act on Long-Term Highway Bill Immediately
Less than a week after she announced she would not seek another term in the Senate, California Democrat Barbara Boxer urged GOP leaders to turn their attention to funding the country鈥檚 aging transportation system.
January 15, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafety
Democrats Announce T&I Committee Members
Peter DeFazio of Oregon, ranking Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has announced the Democrats who will serve on T&I in the new Congress.
January 14, 2015