Tag: listening sessions

Overdrive Radio

Listen back: Truckers, brokers sound off in freight transaction transparency session

Three petitions, a wide array of views. Hear the full session audio, edited slightly to remove technical interruptions, in this edition of Overdrive Radio.

November 2, 2020

Hours of Service

Truckers push flexibility case at latest hours of service listening session

The FMCSA's Ray Martinez listened to truckers voice their opinions about hours of service regulations at the Guilty by Association Truck Show in Joplin, MO.

October 2, 2018

Business

The FMCSA is stealing my tricks

“That’s right. I’ll admit it. I’ve neglected to give full disclosure to George on a couple of things in the 25 years we’ve been together. Problem is, I always get caught, just like the FMCSA did, even though neither of us will admit what we did was slimy.”

August 16, 2017

Business

Getting to FMCSA’s sleep apnea listening sessions May 12, 17 and 25

The sessions, in downtown Washington, D.C.; Chicago, Ill.; and Los Angeles are not in locales that are particularly truck-friendly. Here find tips on attending and an information source for parking and transport to the sessions.

May 4, 2016

Channel 19

Listening session: ‘Beyond compliance’ with the regulations — if, and how, to reward

Whatever you think about the in-progress “beyond compliance” program and its origins, the fact is it’s in the works — anyone with ideas on how it *should* or *shouldn’t* be structured can weigh in via a listening session Jan. 12.

January 11, 2016

Channel 19

Greater simplicity needed for Phase 2 efficiency regs?

Steven Davenport to EPA at GATS: “If you … don’t get the technology to what’s the simplest thing … we don’t get the environmental benefit, because people will hold onto those old trucks.”

August 28, 2015

Business

EPA, NHTSA officials to hear from truckers on emissions/fuel-efficiency regs at GATS

The officials will hear from truckers in a public hearing on the “Phase 2” proposal to accelerate fuel-economy and greenhouse-gas emissions standards for 2018-’27 model year trailers and 2021-’27 trucks.

August 24, 2015

Channel 19

Restart rollback: An origin story

Throughout efforts to battle FMCSA’s recent round of hours of service changes, truckers have been at the forefront with continued calls for rest flexibility.

December 19, 2014

Channel 19

Driver Bettina Cameron ‘Losing It’, New Entrant test backgrounder

Driver Cameron’s new Facebook page is dedicated to sharing her story — she’s lost 75 pounds while driving over-the-road in just a year — to inspire others. Also: More on the New Entrant testing rulemaking under way.

January 18, 2014

Business

FMCSA scraps old training proposal, embarks on new rulemaking

FMCSA withdraws its 2007 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Entry Level Driver Training in favor of developing another proposal.

September 20, 2013

Voices

More hours flexibility would improve safety

Drivers, responding to an FMCSA study that some interpreted as backing up what they have been saying for years, showed unity around the call for more berth-use flexibility to improve safety,

February 14, 2013

Voices

FMCSA to host MATS driver-training listening session

The session will take place Friday, March 22, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in room C101 at the Louisville convention center. No registration is required. Webcast details are forthcoming.

February 11, 2013