FMCSA to Propose Broader Use of EOBRs to Monitor Drivers
WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is preparing to propose requiring “a much larger population of carriers” to use electronic onboard recorders to monitor driver hours-of-service than it earlier envisioned, an agency official said.
December 14, 2009Infrastructure Projects Would Yield Benefits to Economy, Job Market, Whittington Says
Charles “Shorty” Whittington, immediate past chairman of American Trucking Associations, was among the officials who stressed to the Obama administration the importance of investing in the nation’s roads and bridges during the president’s recent Washington jobs summit.
December 14, 2009CARB May Defer Compliance With Truck Emissions Regulation
The California Air Resources Board last week began to look into changing the state’s diesel emissions rule, which could give truckers hit by the recession more “flexibility” or even partial delays of one or two years in complying.
December 14, 2009Obama Nominates Senate Aide Strickland to Become Next NHTSA Administrator
President Obama has nominated David Strickland to be the next administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the White House announced.
December 14, 2009Greenhouse Gas Ruling Paves Way for EPA Limits
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week declared that greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles and industrial facilities are a danger to human health, a first step the agency must take along the path to regulations limiting the levels of combustion by-products from tailpipes.
December 14, 2009Intermodal Traffic Falls for Week
U.S. intermodal rail traffic dropped 4.2% in the week ended Saturday compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads said.
December 11, 2009CARB Offers Truckers Flexibility on Diesel Emissions Rule
The California Air Resources Board said late Wednesday it gave its staff until April to come up with a new provision to allow truck fleets more flexibility in reducing their diesel emissions.
December 10, 2009DOT Freight Transport Index Drops 10.5% in October
The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index fell 10.5% in October from a year earlier, the largest such decline in the 20 years in which it has been calculated.
December 9, 2009DOT Freight Transport Index Drops 1.2%
The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index fell 10.5% in October from a year earlier, the largest October-to-October decline in the 20 years in which it has been calculated.
December 9, 2009HOS Work Under Way, FMCSA Official Says
WASHINGTON — A top regulator within the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said the agency has begun its review of the truck driver hours-of-service rule and that it intends to complete its review by next July.
December 8, 2009