WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation is launching the first step in a long-awaited National Multimodal Freight Network (NMFN), a project that will be used to prioritize federal money for freight infrastructure around the country.
A request for information scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on Friday will give the public 60 days to submit comments and data on the best way to identify freight facilities and corridors that will be used to create an NMFN map.
WASHINGTON — Deaths and injuries resulting from crashes involving large trucks are increasing at a slower rate, but safety advocates assert regulators still are not doing enough to address the problem.
According to the latest estimates published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 5,936 people were killed in crashes involving medium- and heavy-duty trucks weighing over 10,000 lbs. (weight classes 3-8), a 2% increase from 5,821 deaths in 2021. That compares with estimates by...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/nhtsa-reports-fatality-injury-uptick-in-latest-truck-crash-stats
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced on Wednesday it is gaining ground on its ability to help importers and container vessel operators navigate shifts in freight flows with new information it is publishing from inland rail terminals and warehouses.
The increase in timely ocean container import data being supplied by private industry into the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Freight Logistics Optimizations Works (FLOW) initiative confirms what has been predicted since earlier in the...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dot-confirms-boost-in-west-coast-container-imports
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WASHINGTON — A new federal watchdog report criticizes the U.S. Department of Transportation for not...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dot-tangles-with-watchdog-over-1-5-billion-in-freight-grants
WASHINGTON — While election-year politics may gridlock Congress from passing meaningful truck-related legislation in 2024, the potential for a change in administrations could be a catalyst for finalizing two regulations that have major cost and operational implications for the industry.
Proposed rules to tighten standards for independent contractors and on carbon emissions from heavy trucks — both of which are undergoing final review at the White House — also fit squarely within the...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/labor-climate-costs-loom-large-for-trucking-in-2024
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s pick to head the first high-level cabinet office dedicated exclusively to freight is setting a high bar for the value her office will bring to the nation’s freight markets.
Allison Dane Camden will lead the U.S. Department of Transportation’s new Office of Multimodal Freight Infrastructure and Policy as the first deputy assistant secretary for the office.
Camden brings to the office experience...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dots-freight-data-exchange-processing-65-of-us-container-imports
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WASHINGTON — A proposed rule to mandate equipment aimed at preventing deaths in collisions between...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trailer-side-guard-rule-likely-delayed-until-at-least-october-2024
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has finalized a rule requiring each state to track and monitor...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dot-finalizes-rule-requiring-states-to-track-vehicle-co2
WASHINGTON — About $290 million of $653 million in new federal grants awarded by the Biden administration will be used to improve truck capacity at U.S. ports.
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced on Friday the winners of the latest annual round of funding under the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP), administered by DOT’s Maritime Administration.
Of the 41 port projects receiving money through the program in 2023, 11 feature significant improvements aimed at speeding truck...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dot-pumping-more-truck-capacity-into-us-ports
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WASHINGTON — If drivers have to be federally regulated by hours-of-service rules, brokers should be...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truckers-push-fmcsa-to-make-brokers-pay-for-detention-time