FMCSA released a report in 2018 that laid out how the agency planned to proceed in reforming its Compliance, Safety, Accountability program, including a revamp of the SMS. In its report, NAS agreed ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has proposed some significant, highly anticipated changes to the system it uses to identify motor carriers that pose the greatest safety risks.

Owner-operators have one more week to comment on proposed changes to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s CSA carrier Safety Measurement System. As part of the proposed changes, FMCSA is ...

This story appears in the Sept. 17 print edition of Transport Topics. WASHINGTON — Lawmakers joined trucking and transportation officials in criticizing the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program, ...

[Updated 10/23/2023 and 1/12/2024] The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is asking for comments to help it develop a new way to determine when a motor carrier is not fit to operate ...

Federal trucking regulators are seeking public comment on a proposal to modify the current three-tier safety motor carrier fitness rating structure, including a review of data and other resources ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and, more broadly, the Department of Transportation, is pursuing the goal of zero highway fatalities — but importantly, it now has funding and resources ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is planning to expand the number of crash types considered not preventable in the Crash Preventability Determination Program (CPDP), which would allow ...

Ask any fleet manager or consultant, and they’ll tell you that when the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration initiates a compliance review, it’s a full-body scan of your operation that starts ...

An ad hoc panel will carry out a consensus study in response to Section 5211 of the Fixing America’s Transportation (FAST) Act of 2015. The purpose of this study is to determine as best possible: The ...