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Business

‘Absolute measure’ scores to return to public CSA SMS with next update

Contrary to prior reports, FMCSA is not done with substantive additions to the interim CSA SMS public display — carriers’ “absolute measures,” which underly the hidden percentiles in each BASIC category, will return in March to public view.

February 24, 2016

Channel 19

So does FMCSA’s safety rating rule in fact violate Congressional directive?

Another week, another letter to Congress from an ad hoc coalition of groups challenging FMCSA’s new safety rating rule’s release on grounds it violates the FAST Act highway bill.

February 4, 2016

Business

‘Beyond Compliance’ public listening session to be held Sunday

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will hold the second of two public listening sessions Sunday, Jan. 31, to hear feedback from trucking industry stakeholders on a potential “beyond compliance” program.

January 26, 2016

Business

DOT rule to implement new carrier rating system published, FMCSA seeking comment

FMCSA has published a proposed rule that would reform the way it rates carriers and determines their overall safety fitness to operate, and the agency is accepting public comment on the proposal for 60 days.

January 21, 2016

Hours of Service

Required 34-hour restart study finished, advances to next step, says FMCSA boss

A Congressionally required study of truck operators and FMCSA’s 2013-instituted 34-hour restart regulations has been completed and is now under review by the Department of Transportation’s Office of the Secretary, said Scott Darling, nominated administrator of FMCSA.

January 20, 2016

Business

FMCSA issues rule proposal to tie safety rating directly to inspections, violations

Another month, another major rule proposed by FMCSA: The SFD rule would revamp the three-tier safety rating program to incorporate roadside inspection/violation data in addition to investigations and update monthly.

January 15, 2016

Business

Altered CSA Safety Measurement System back in the public eye

The FMCSA has returned an altered CSA SMS to public view, showing no percentile or other evaluative scoring in the BASIC categories of measurement.

January 13, 2016

Channel 19

Safety rating poised to turn to roadside data, coalition issues challenge

The coalition that took on the recent highway bill’s “poison pill” successfully has issued something of a pre-emptive challenge to FMCSA’s proposed changes to the safety rating program.

January 12, 2016

Channel 19

Listening session: ‘Beyond compliance’ with the regulations — if, and how, to reward

Whatever you think about the in-progress “beyond compliance” program and its origins, the fact is it’s in the works — anyone with ideas on how it *should* or *shouldn’t* be structured can weigh in via a listening session Jan. 12.

January 11, 2016

Channel 19

The tightening knot of ELDs, hours, parking: Channel 19 year in review, the finale

As in 2014 with the restart rollback, several issues came to a head in the last month of 2015, bring us back to where we started in this year in review: The problem with the hours of service, readers say, is a central safety issue.

December 31, 2015

Channel 19

Inspections, rates, hours in the spotlight: Channel 19 year in review, part 2

The day the exemptions hit the sleeper, Pride & Polish competition gets hotter and hotter, famous cabovers get closer to their final resting places and more from May-August in this 2015 Channel 19 year in review.

December 29, 2015

Business

‘Beyond compliance’ public meetings to be held in January

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will hold two public listening sessions about the potential benefits and feasibility of “beyond compliance” incentives for carriers.

December 28, 2015