The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on March 4 made public its “negotiated” proposed entry-level driver training rule that would revise the standards required for new interstate and intrastate commercial vehicle operators to obtain a commercial driver license.

Summaries of private industry meetings with Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration officials are among more than two dozen documents released by federal regulators related to a final Phase 2 heavy-duty truck greenhouse-gas emissions regulation.

WASHINGTON — Congressional and state transportation leaders were patting one another’s back at a briefing here for their work twisting arms and shepherding passage of a $305 billion “historic” long-term highway bill known as the FAST Act.

The increasing number of regulatory exemptions approved by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is causing confusion and inconsistencies in enforcement by roadside inspectors, according to the head of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance.

Nearly three years after an oversize tractor-trailer accidentally knocked down the Interstate 5 Skagit River Bridge in Washington state, lawyers still are in the early stages of a court fight to determine fault and assess who foots the $17 million repair bill.

The increasing number of regulatory exemptions being approved by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is causing “confusion and inconsistency” in enforcement by roadside inspectors, according to the head of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance.