FMCSA

Journal

First-ever heavy truck fuel economy standards on the way Average truck price likely to climb more than $6,000 Work trucks, buses and other heavy-duty vehicles will, for the first time, have to trim fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions under new fuel efficiency standards. The White House ...

By CCJ Staff Published September 1, 2011

Law

Intermodal moves make for messy law Structure of relationships governs your liability Q Our company acts as a freight forwarder, an indirect air carrier and a nonvessel operating common carrier. I have asked around, and no one can answer this question: With regard to surface transportation, i.e. ...

By CCJ Staff Published September 1, 2011

Safety

FMCSA wants to release driver safety data Agency seeking regulatory authority over drivers in highway bill The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration wants authority to release driver safety data, in effect reversing its earlier stance that drivers would not be ranked publicly under the Compliance Safety Accountability ...

By CCJ Staff Published August 5, 2011

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By CCJ Staff Published August 4, 2011

Detrimental data

Too much of anything – information included – can be harmful Many trucking company executives consider information to be a vital asset – second only to people. Information provides visibility, control and competitive advantage. With technologies such as “virtualized” storage area networks and cloud computing, companies can ...

By Aaron Huff Published July 1, 2011

Safety

PHMSA seeks ban on handheld phones Proposal could affect nearly 1,500 intrastate carriers Five months after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a proposed rule to prohibit commercial truck and bus drivers from using handheld cell phones while operating a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce, ...

By CCJ Staff Published June 7, 2011

Journal

FMCSA won’t make court deadline for final HOS rule ATA ‘clearly skeptical’ of DOT’s ‘11th hour’ research The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said last month it would not be able to meet a court-negotiated July 26 deadline to issue its final hours-of-service rule after it reopened ...

By CCJ Staff Published June 7, 2011

Jeff Crissey

FMCSA misses the bus on HOS rule Newly introduced studies raise more questions than answers The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s last-minute move to add four new studies to its hours-of-service docket was a point of discussion at last month’s CCJ 2011 Spring Symposium in Birmingham, Ala. ...

By Jeff Crissey Published June 7, 2011

Technology

Unclogging arteries Technology can help alleviate choke points for truck traffic By Aaron Huff All motorists bear the burden of traffic congestion, but the trucking industry also is sideswiped with much of the financial costs. Bottlenecks on the nation’s highways cost about $19 billion per year in fuel, ...

By CCJ Staff Published May 1, 2011

Law

Authority to operate is what matters Settlement confirms that FMCSA – not its data – decides Q I have read the press release concerning alerts in the Safety Measurement System database, and I have been in conversations concerning whether satisfactory safety ratings should trump all other information, ...

By CCJ Staff Published May 1, 2011