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OOIDA wants FMCSA’s Ferro to resign, saying she’s ‘biased’ and a ‘failure’
OOIDA has sent Anthony Foxx a letter asking for FMCSA head Anne Ferro to resign, saying she has a “clear bias against truckers and the trucking industry” and that the agency “can no longer perform its regulatory and enforcement duties impartially.”
June 6, 2014
Business
Trucking groups praise legislation to suspend 2013 restart changes
Groups representing various segments of the trucking industry have been quick to praise passage of an amendment to the Transportation Department funding bill that would suspend the new restart provisions in hours-of-service regulations for one year.
June 5, 2014
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Senate committee clears bill amendment to temporarily undo parts of HOS rule
A bill making its way through the Senate now includes an amendment to undo some provisions of the hours of service rule changes implemented in July 2013 for at least a year and require a study by the Department of Transportation.
June 5, 2014
Business
ATA running out of options for changing hours-of-service rule
I’m not convinced that it will take an act of Congress to make trucking’s hours-of-service rule work, but after speaking with a few folks on the front lines on Capitol Hill, I’m increasingly sympathetic to the longshot attempt. And if the play being run this morning in the Senate works, it could signal a significant shift in the dynamic between the industry and its regulators.
June 5, 2014
Business
Freightliner Hybrid-Electric Trucks Approved for New York Truck-Voucher Incentive Program
Freightliner Trucks today announced that its Freightliner M2 106 diesel-electric hybrid truck has been approved for the New York Truck-Voucher Incentive Program (NYT-VIP). In partnership with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, New York State Department of Transportation, New York City Department of Transportation and CALSTART, NYT-VIP provides $19 million in incentives […]
June 4, 2014
Business
Ferro defends HOS changes, discounts productivity impact
As the Senate Appropriations committee considers measures to suspend and study changes to hours-of-service, Administrator Ann Ferro on Tuesday defended FMCSA’s implementation of the rule before a Senate Commerce transportation subcommittee working on the next highway bill.
June 4, 2014
Business
HOS challenges set for Senate committee vote Thursday
A bill to fund the Department of Transportation next year has gotten the attention of the trucking industry, as a flurry of last minute letters and lobbying focuses on changes in the hours-of-service rule that went into effect 11 months ago.
June 4, 2014
Business
FMCSA updating data system to account for successful challenges to roadside citations
Starting Aug. 23, FMCSA will implement changes to data collection system to account for any legal processes that happen after citations are issued in a roadside inspections that could result in removal of the violation from a driver’s or carrier’s record.
June 3, 2014
Business
Roadcheck inspection blitz taking place this week
Roadcheck, the annual inspection blitz done by a joint effort of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and others, is ongoing this week, wrapping up June 5.
June 3, 2014
Business
Omnitracs recognized for customer service with new HOS application
Omnitracs, a provider of fleet management systems to transportation and logistics companies, announced that it is a 2014 American Business Awards finalist in the customer service department of the year category.
May 30, 2014
Business
Getting on board with electronic logs
A breakout session at the CCJ Spring Symposium covered a variety of topics that are important to consider when implementing ELDs, all of which every carrier and driver will soon encounter if they haven’t already.
May 29, 2014
Business
Brokers, shippers continue CSA pushback in Congress, courts
The Compliance, Safety, Accountability program – and the confusion surrounding it – once again is getting some attention from Congress. A bill, introduced last week, seeks to protect shippers and brokers from negligent liability claims as long as the carriers they hire are duly authorized, insured and not rated “unsatisfactory” by FMCSA.
May 29, 2014
Business
Agency denies request to push back examiner registry rule, says numbers will work
Citing growth in its registry and other factors, FMCSA has denied a request by OOIDA to delay the effective date of its rule requiring drivers to use only FMCSA-approved medical examiners for DOT physicals.
May 27, 2014
Business
ATA asks for hours exemptions for drivers at oil well, nat gas extraction sites
ATA is seeking an exemption to wait-time rules for drivers who service oil and natural gas extraction sites, and FMCSA is accepting public comment on the group’s request.
May 27, 2014
Business
Verizon Networkfleet to integrate with J.J. Keller Mobile for compliance management
Verizon Networkfleet and J.J. Keller & Associates will develop an integrated GPS fleet management system for complete performance and compliance management. J.J. Keller’s Encompass compliance system will be added later this year to Verizon Networkfleet’s fleet management portfolio.
May 22, 2014
Business
App offers drivers location-based search for medical examiner in agency’s registry
The federal rule requiring drivers to see an FMCSA-approved medical examiner for their DOT medical certification took effect May 21, and in line with that, CCJ publisher Randall-Reilly has released in its Overdrive’s Trucker Tools smartphone app a new function to help drivers find medical examiners based on their location and via search.
May 22, 2014
Business
FMCSA’s medical examiner registry rule takes effect
Despite recent attempts by trucking trade groups to delay the effective date of the rule, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s rule to require drivers to be medically certified by examiners approved by the agency became effective May 21.
May 21, 2014
Business
FMCSA projects November publication of rule to hike carrier insurance minimums
An official timeline for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s push to raise liability insurance minimums for carriers has been released by the Department of Transportation, and it signals the agency plans to begin work on the regulation quickly in hopes of publishing a proposed rule in November.
May 19, 2014
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