In last month’s newsletter, we took a glimpse into FMCSA’s regulatory agenda for 2019. Since January is the month the world’s largest transportation research meeting is held each year in Washington, DC [i.e., the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual…

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Although FMCSA staff have not yet been furloughed during the partial government shutdown, other parts of the USDOT along with other federal agencies that help review and process federal rulemaking proposals, have been affected.…

On January 15, 2019, FMCSA held its annual “Analysis, Research & Technology” briefing in Washington, DC. During the 4-hour briefing, the Agency asked a Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) researcher to report new findings from a multi-year study aimed…

Of the 14,369 ‘DOT’ compliance audits conducted on motor carriers in FY 2018, 13,424 (or 93%) included a finding of one or more safety violations. The most common “acute” violation discovered (by a wide margin…) was “Allowing Driver To…

Did you know the Scopelitis Law Firm, and its affiliated Scopelitis Transportation Consulting (STC) subsidiary, has an office in the heart of our nation’s capital and is well-suited to help companies with creative solutions to DC-oriented problems? STC helps…