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Breaking: FMCSA Extends Comment Period for “Transparency in Property Broker Transactions” Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
On February 18, 2025, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (“FMCSA”) granted a request to reopen the comment period for its ...
Overdrive2d
FMCSA pushed TQL to drop broker transparency contract waivers
New documents show FMCSA pushed TQL in 2023 to change its carrier contracts, while compelling TQL compliance with existing ...
freightwaves.com3d
Breaking Down FMCSA’s Medical Certification Extension. What You Need to Know Before the June Deadline
FMCSA’s Medical Examiner’s Certification Integration rule aims to streamline medical certification by digitizing the process, but delays have pushed full implementation to June 23, 2025. Until then, ...
Space.com26d
Supermassive black holes in 'little red dot' galaxies are 1,000 times larger than they should be, and astronomers don't know why
"Our measurements imply that the supermassive black hole mass is 10% of the stellar mass in the galaxies we studied." Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered ...
Transport Topics28d
FMCSA to Study Disabled, Parked Truck Roadside Warnings
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is planning a study to determine if modern warning devices for parked or disabled commercial motor vehicles can reduce crashes. The study will ...
Transport Topics29d
New Indiana Gov. Braun Forms Transportation Cabinet
[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Indiana Gov. Mike Braun started his administration by creating a new Cabinet for transportation and infrastructure among a flurry of ...
DC Velocity1mon
OOIDA cheers federal report calling for ban on truck lease-purchase agreements
Ben Ames has spent 20 years as a journalist since starting out as a daily newspaper reporter in Pennsylvania in 1995. From 1999 forward, he has focused on business and technology reporting for a ...
Truckinginfo1mon
Truck Leasing Task Force: Congress Should Ban Lease-Purchase Programs
the task force recommended significant Congressional and agency oversight of the programs by FMCSA, the Department of Labor, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The transportation ...
Land Line1mon
FMCSA grants ATA’s request for inspector exemption
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted a limited five-year exemption to the American Trucking Associations from training or experience requirements related to conducting ...
freightwaves.com1mon
FMCSA panel recommends ban on truck lease-purchase contracts
The 51-page report, issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Truck Leasing Task Force (TLTF), was sent to Congress and to the U.S. transportation and labor departments on Friday.
BBC1mon
Government digital document app launching in summer
The government is to make digital versions of a range of official documents available via a dedicated app and a digital wallet, as part of what ministers say is an attempt to bring interactions ...