DOT Schedules Meetings to Review New Drug/Alcohol Test Rules
The U.S. Department of Transportation will hold two one-day public meetings in February to review revised drug and alcohol testing procedures
The U.S. Department of Transportation will hold two one-day public meetings in February to review revised drug and alcohol testing procedures
The book can finally be closed on the trucking company "undercharge epidemic.
Within hours after taking office, President George W. Bush managed to raise the ire of environmentalists with an executive order that temporarily stalls some new regulations, including new diesel emissions rule
It appears likely that Rep. Thomas Petri (R-Wis.) will keep his leadership chair on the House subcommittee that governs highway policy
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued revised recordkeeping rules it says will simplify and improve the system employers us
The Department of Transportation’s truck safety program is getting better but still has a way to go, says the DOT Inspector General in a critique to be released today. The agency that runs the program, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, needs to speed up its rulemaking machinery
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the start of a two-year study into the causes of crashes involving large trucks
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has fined Rush Trucking Corp. of Wayne, Mich., $150,000 for multiple violations of the federal hours-of-service safety regulations
A new definition of "commercial vehicle" gives the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration jurisdiction over interstate for-hire property and passenger carriers based on gross vehicle weight as well as weight rating
Legislative leaders in Maine are fighting Gov. Angus King's proposal to prop up the state Highway Fund with money collected from overall state taxes, and truckers may get the raw end of the deal
A number of bills to raise the speed limit in Kentucky will likely go nowhere
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will propose a pilot program to train selected 18-year-olds as truck drivers. In an interview on the progress and challenges of the FMCSA, Julie Anna Cirillo, acting assistant administrator, said the proposal still is under review but the agency intends to publish it soon for public comment. The program, suggested last year to the agency by the Truckload Carriers Association as a way to relieve the driver shortage
Effective January 1, 2001, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration expanded the scope of its 24-hour toll-free driver hotline (1-888-DOT-SAFT) to let consumers notify the agency about movers who violate commercial regulations
U.S. Rep. Bud Shuster, longtime chair of the powerful House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, announced today that he will retire at the end of January
President-elect George W. Bush's nomination of Democrat Norman Mineta as Secretary of Transportation is being hailed as politically wise – and good for DOT, as well. Mineta's nomination fulfills Bush’s promise to include a Democrat in his cabinet – and does so without much threat of partisan rancor. DOT is not an agency that stirs intense political discord, in part because one of its key jobs – distribution of interstate highway money – crosses party lines
Check out electric trucks, e-axles, aero advancements and more on the show floor at TMC 2024 in New Orleans in this photo gallery.
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