National Roadway Safety Strategy

Robin Hutcheson discusses priorities for FMCSA

FMCSA Administrator Robin Hutcheson

Last month Robin Hutcheson was confirmed as the seventh administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, but she has been leading the agency since January after acting administrator Meera Joshi left to become a deputy mayor of New York City.

It has been a busy year for Hutcheson since then. Barely a week after she took the wheel at FMCSA, the U.S. Department of Transportation rolled out its National Roadway Safety Strategy, an agency-wide initiative aimed at tackling road...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/robin-hutcheson-sets-priorities-at-fmcsa

How much did Biden administration give states to reduce truck crashes?

Truck involved in crash being towed.

The Biden administration recently announced a record $463.5 million allocated to states and U.S. territories in 2022 for Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) grants administered by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to help prevent truck crashes.

The funding level is a 52% increase from 2021 — and comes at a time when truck crashes are on the rise.

“FMCSA’s core mission is safety, and our work supports the U.S. Department of Transportation’s comprehensive National Roadway...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-much-did-biden-administration-give-states-to-reduce-truck-crashes

FMCSA revs up plan to mandate speed limits on truck engines

Trucks and cars side-by-side on highway

Federal regulators plan to propose setting a truck speed limit using electronic engine devices in a proposed rule anticipated in 2023.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Wednesday issued a notice of intent to solicit comments that the agency will use to inform a supplementary notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPRM), which will include a proposal to amend the regulations and set a speed limit.

“The SNPRM will propose that motor carriers operating commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-revs-up-plan-to-set-speed-limit-for-truck-engines

GSCW chat: FMCSA head discusses key priorities for trucking in 2022

This fireside chat recap is from Day 3 of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Top FMCSA priorities in 2022.

DETAILS: The Biden administration’s Trucking Action Plan and the National Roadway Safety Strategy will be a top focus for regulators this year. In this fireside chat, Robin Hutcheson, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration deputy administrator, discusses how these initiatives will affect the trucking industry.

SPEAKER: Robin Hutcheson, acting administrator, FMCSA

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gscw-chat-fmcsa-head-discusses-key-priorities-for-trucking-in-2022

Bridge collapse welcomes Biden to Pittsburgh

A bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed hours before President Biden was expected to arrive there on Friday to deliver remarks on “strengthening the nation’s supply chains,” according to the White House.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), which Biden signed in November, is to be the main topic of his speech Friday afternoon at Carnegie Mellon University, just miles from where the accident occurred along Forbes Avenue, a four-lane road considered a main artery through the city.

Watch: Drone footage...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/bridge-collapse-welcomes-biden-to-pittsburgh

DOT to unveil zero-fatality road safety strategy

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff plan to announce Thursday an ambitious program to tackle what the Biden administration considers to be a national crisis: deaths and serious injuries involving cars and heavy trucks.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Roadway Safety Strategy tasks the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and five other DOT operating agencies involved with roadway safety with working toward a goal of zero fatalities...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dot-to-unveil-zero-fatality-road-safety-strategy