newsworthy Conferees' report on highway bill gives freight unprecedented slice of funding pie December 2, 2015 Mark B. Solomon No Comments Freight interests get bigger seat at the table than ever, but not everything they wanted.Read More
newsworthy FMCSA issues final rules barring companies from driver coercion November 30, 2015 DC Velocity Staff No Comments Steep fines to be imposed for coercion; agency clarifies meaning of the term.Read More
newsworthy FMCSA shuts down Ohio trucker for stunning number of violations November 20, 2015 DC Velocity Staff No Comments Garfield Trucking cited for 43 violations, including 13 out-of-service infractions, during an inspection of one truck.Read More
newsworthy House decisively passes highway bill; freight interests seem well represented November 5, 2015 Mark B. Solomon No Comments Six-year, $325 billion measure heads to conference committee to reconcile with Senate version.Read More
newsworthy White House nominates Scott Darling to run FMCSA August 5, 2015 DC Velocity Staff No Comments Chief counsel had also been agency's acting administrator since last August.Read More
newsworthy DOT urged to quickly release findings of two-year study into truck size, weight May 13, 2015 DC Velocity Staff No Comments Results needed for Congress to craft "fully-informed" transport funding bill, lawmaker tells DOT secretary.Read More
newsworthy Motor carrier group urges DOT secretary to remove CSA scores from public viewing August 26, 2014 DC Velocity Staff No Comments Move would prevent public from selecting carriers based on inaccurate results, group says.Read More
newsworthy Outgoing FMCSA head to take top job at motor vehicle trade group July 30, 2014 Mark B. Solomon No Comments Those in the trucking supply chain thinking they saw the last of Anne S. Ferro are going to be disappointed.Read More
newsworthy Truck owner-operator group calls for FMCSA administrator's resignation June 6, 2014 DC Velocity Staff No Comments Ferro can no longer impartially lead subagency, OOIDA tells DOT Secretary.Read More
newsworthy Will GAO report send FMCSA back to the CSA drawing board? February 7, 2014 DC Velocity Staff No Comments Study critical of program's methodology, urges revisions to improve data reliability.Read More