FMCSA offers guide to trucking jobs for military drivers
A website has been launched to assist 18- to 20-year-old drivers with military driving experience in finding jobs with interstate trucking companies.![]()
2019: Looking back and beyond
The bus and motorcoach industry entered 2019 with reason for optimism in its legislative and regulatory environments. For the most part, with adverse federal legislation…
Go Ground sued for charter non-payments
Three motorcoach operators have sued bus broker Go Ground for non-payment of $80,047 they claim they are owed for 12 charter trips provided from May…
FMCSA proposes to eliminate no-defect DVIR
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations require drivers of commercial motor vehicles (CMV) employed by passenger carriers to report, via the driver-vehicle inspection reports (DVIR),…
Industry briefs: December 1, 2019 edition
Martinez leaving FMCSA
Ray Martinez left his position atop the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration at the end of October after 18 months as administrator.…
UMA files comments on Chicago’s emblem requirement, NY’s 19-A regulations and proposed revisions to Crash Preventability Determination
New leadership at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has dusted off some previously submitted petitions that apparently fell through the cracks or were…
Learn to use the FMCSA Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse for Drivers in a UMA online Town Hall
Bus and motorcoach operators will have an important opportunity to learn how to use the FMCSA’s CDL Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse during a live online…
FMCSA proposes state delay for clearinghouse compliance
State administrators would be granted a three-year delay to comply with the new Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse under a rule modification proposed by the Federal…
Inspector General reveals mixed results regarding FMCSA’s mandate to reform CSA
The U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report to Congress assessing the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s mandated efforts to…
Important reminder: FMCSA biennial update filing
Washington, D.C.–The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration requires all motor carriers to update the information on file with the agency once every two years. This…
The bus and motorcoach industry entered 2019 with reason for optimism in its legislative and regulatory environments. For the most part, with adverse federal legislation…
Go Ground sued for charter non-payments
Three motorcoach operators have sued bus broker Go Ground for non-payment of $80,047 they claim they are owed for 12 charter trips provided from May…
FMCSA proposes to eliminate no-defect DVIR
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations require drivers of commercial motor vehicles (CMV) employed by passenger carriers to report, via the driver-vehicle inspection reports (DVIR),…
Industry briefs: December 1, 2019 edition
Martinez leaving FMCSA
Ray Martinez left his position atop the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration at the end of October after 18 months as administrator.…
UMA files comments on Chicago’s emblem requirement, NY’s 19-A regulations and proposed revisions to Crash Preventability Determination
New leadership at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has dusted off some previously submitted petitions that apparently fell through the cracks or were…
Learn to use the FMCSA Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse for Drivers in a UMA online Town Hall
Bus and motorcoach operators will have an important opportunity to learn how to use the FMCSA’s CDL Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse during a live online…
FMCSA proposes state delay for clearinghouse compliance
State administrators would be granted a three-year delay to comply with the new Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse under a rule modification proposed by the Federal…
Inspector General reveals mixed results regarding FMCSA’s mandate to reform CSA
The U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report to Congress assessing the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s mandated efforts to…