by Darla Feyen | Oct 15, 2013 | GOVERNMENT Action
The season for motor carriers and other entities covered under the Unified Carrier Registration Agreement to register for 2014 and pay the associated UCR fees began October 1, 2013. That’s the date recommended to the states by the UCR Board of Directors to begin...
by Darla Feyen | Sep 30, 2013 | GOVERNMENT Action
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has announced the second of two data collection efforts to measure impacts from the recent changes to the Hours-of-Service rules, which went into effect July 1, 2013. In this latest survey, motor carriers are asked...
by Darla Feyen | Sep 30, 2013 | GOVERNMENT Action
On Sept. 26, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published a notice of proposed rulemaking to modify its definition of a tank vehicle. FMCSA published the proposed rule in response to an ATA petition. In May 2011, FMCSA had published a new...
by Darla Feyen | Aug 9, 2013 | GOVERNMENT Action
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has signed off on the Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Electronic Logging Devices and Hours of Service Support Documents and sent the SNPRM to the Office of Management and Budget. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety...
by Darla Feyen | Aug 9, 2013 | All News, GOVERNMENT Action
Last week, IRP, Inc., the repository of the International Registration Plan, posted this year’s proposed amendments to the Plan on its site for a vote of the membership. It takes a three-fourths vote of the states and provinces voting on an amendment for it to be...
by Darla Feyen | Aug 2, 2013 | All News, GOVERNMENT Action, Industry News
The court decision is in and there is one change to the HOS rule. FMCSA’s rulemaking was upheld except ATA prevailed in its challenge to the applicability of the rest break to short haul drivers. This means the following: 1. There will be NO change to the restart rule...
