Safety

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is overhauling its system for registering the companies that it regulates, a move that will condense 16 forms that companies must complete into a single Web-based form, regulators said last week.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration enforcement mechanism dubbed Compliance, Safety, Accountability has been the topic of much discussion and controversy since its launch in 2010.

UPS Inc. has told employees it plans to halt health-care coverage next year for about 15,000 spouses of nonunion workers who are covered by other plans, a move some analysts said could spark other companies to follow suit.

UPS Inc. has told employees it plans to halt health-care coverage for about 15,000 spouses of nonunion workers who are covered by other plans.

President Obama has reappointed Deborah Hersman to a third term as chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board.

The Department of Transportation has issued emergency rules to keep parked rail cars from breaking loose, following last month’s crash of untethered rail cars in Quebec that killed almost 50 people.

The bankruptcy filing by the private owner of four Alabama toll roads and the operator of the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel is not expected to have any immediate effects on freight haulers, officials said.

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Thursday the Department of Transportation will propose eliminating an inspection paperwork requirement that will save the trucking industry $1.7 billion annually.