WASHINGTON 鈥 Strengthening commercial truck safety has made it onto the Most Wanted List of policies and actions issued annually by the National Transportation Safety Board.
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FMCSA to Award Contract for HOS Study This Month, Senior Official
WASHINGTON 鈥 The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration plans to name a research firm later this month that would conduct its yearlong review of a new hours-of-service rule suspended through the end of September, a senior agency official said Jan. 13.
January 13, 2015Shuster Names Missouri鈥檚 Graves to Head Highway Subcommittee
Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) has been selected to head the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
January 13, 2015Foxx to Release Framework for Transportation Policy
WASHINGTON 鈥 The U.S. Department of Transportation is preparing to release in the coming weeks what Secretary Anthony Foxx is calling a 鈥渇ramework鈥 for the nation鈥檚 transportation system over the coming 30 years.
January 13, 2015Despite Progress, Diesel Emissions Still an Issue for Environmental Regulators
WASHINGTON 鈥 Environmental officials from California and the East Coast said during a Transportation Research Board panel here that trucks still require special attention because of diesel emissions, even though such output became much cleaner from 1998 to 2010.
January 12, 2015Government Transport Planners Compare US, European Systems at TRB
WASHINGTON 鈥 In a Jan. 11 session of the Transportation Research Board, European and American transportation planners admired each other鈥檚 freight systems as part of TRB鈥檚 94th annual meeting here.
January 12, 2015Foxx Comfortable With Decision to Open Border to Mexican Trucks
WASHINGTON 鈥 Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said his department had plenty of information under which to justify opening the U.S. border to Mexican trucks despite a report from the Inspector General that said there were too few participants in a pilot program to determine if all Mexican trucks were safe enough to run U.S. roads.
January 12, 2015FMCSA Announces $30 Million to Help States Collect Safety Data
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Jan. 12 announced that $30 million is available to help states modernize their safety data technologies.
January 12, 2015Feds Keep Drug-Test Rate
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said the nation鈥檚 trucking companies must continue random drug testing for at least 50% of drivers and other 鈥渟afety sensitive鈥 employees during 2015.
January 12, 2015Diesel Drops 7.6垄 to $3.137 as Crude Falls Below $50
Diesel prices began the new year the same way they finished 2014, with the U.S. retail average falling 7.6 cents to $3.137 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported.
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