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Deadline to file comments on detention time is next week
FMCSA is looking for information on available data about loading, unloading and delay times at shippers and receivers; technology that could track detention time; how contracts between carriers and shippers address detention time; what actions FMCSA could take to reduce detention time; and more.
September 4, 2019
Parking
DOT launches second Jason’s Law truck parking survey
The new version of the survey is meant to update the inventory of truck parking and identify improvements to truck parking availability since the first survey; evaluate truck travel by state to evaluate increases in truck parking demand; evaluate technologies being used to monitor availability and demand; and more.
November 27, 2018
Business
DOT raises fines for violating trucking regs
A final rule that published in the Federal Register today, Nov. 27, makes the new fine amounts effective immediately. The 2015 Act required FMCSA and other DOT agencies to issue an initial “catch-up” adjustment, followed by annual adjustments for inflation.
November 27, 2018
Business
Truck lanes in Arizona, other highway projects get a boost from U.S. DOT
The Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program will help fund the building of a new freeway in Nebraska, the widening of I-57 in Illinois, and the separation of trucks from other vehicles on Arizona State Route 189 in Nogales near the U.S.-Mexico border.
March 12, 2018
Business
DOT adding four opioids to drug testing panel for truckers
New drugs that drivers will be tested for include hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxymorphone, and oxycodone. The drugs are usually taken as pills. According to the CDC, opioid abuse has seen a dramatic increase in recent years.
November 10, 2017
Business
Agency orders shutdown of two carriers, one driver
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ordered Oak Park, Mich.-based Highway Star Inc., one of its drivers, and Atlanta-based General Trucking Inc. to immediately cease operations.
March 22, 2013
Business
DOT eliminates traffic sign replacement deadlines
The U.S. DOT said it’s doing away with 46 regulations on traffic signs to provide local governments with more flexibility.
May 11, 2012
Business
DOT names five federal credit assistance program projects
DOT will use its Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan program to help finance five highway projects.
April 25, 2012
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