A 30-year employee gets one of the agency's top positions.
The controllers' union warns that resignations may set a new record, beating fiscal 2007's total of 856.
This is the highest figure ever recorded for the nation and represents the 27th consecutive increase in surface transportation, an indicator of overall traffic congestion nationally.
"CVSA created this new program to emphasize safety belt use by commercial motor vehicle drivers and to use these drivers as role models for safety belt use for their peers and their families," said CVSA Award Committee Chairman Jim McFarlin.
"The Security Filing will improve CBP's ability to target high-risk cargo by identifying actual cargo movements and improving the accuracy of cargo descriptions," said Customs and Border Protection Commissioner W. Ralph Basham.
At this point, Customs and Border Protection officers can accept oral declarations of citizenship from U.S. and Canadian citizens seeking entry into the United States through a land or sea border--but only until the end of the month.
“Effective immediately, you must cease all commercial motor vehicle operations, including all interstate and intrastate transportation of passengers and property by drivers from all dispatching locations or terminals," the order says.
Due to a new federal safety rule that is effective today, passengers are no longer be able to pack loose lithium batteries in checked luggage. The new regulation, designed to reduce the risk of lithium battery fires, will continue to allow lithium batteries in checked baggage if they are installed in electronic devices, or in carry-on baggage if stored in plastic bags.
"The new standards will make highway signs as visible as possible to drivers in low-light conditions," said Federal Highway Administrator J. Richard Capka.
This Notice of Proposed Rulemaking would strengthen the requirements as a means to enhance the safety of CMV operations on the nation's highways, the agency says.
The data show that there are more crashes caused by drunk driving in rural areas and drivers wore their seatbelts less frequently in fatal and injury-causing crashes.
They'll be the ones wearing the red, DOT-certified motorcycle helmets and other proper apparel.
Public Citizen again is asking the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to block the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's rule.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters announced today the release of nearly $1.2 billion from the department in the form of a direct loan and tax-exempt private-activity bonds to jump start the construction of high-technology express lanes on the Capital Beltway in Virginia.
The National Transportation Safety Board is searching for engine components that fell to the ground in a sparsely populated rural area of Texas during an engine failure that occurred on a Southwest Airlines flight from Dallas (Love Field), to Little Rock, Ark., on Nov. 17.
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Research and Innovative Technology Administration today issued a request for information to private industry, research organizations, and state and local governments seeking information about commercially available technology applications designed to fight congestion and improve the safety and performance of the nation's transportation system.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters today announced that new federal traffic safety data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that the daily death toll from drunk driving crashes during the Christmas and New Year's holiday periods is significantly more than for the rest of the year.
With the dramatic increase in the use of trailer tracking systems throughout the United States, it is important to understand the operational impacts and opportunities that UTTs can provide, the groups say.
On the agenda is the agency's response to the Aug. 1 collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis (shown here Aug. 2 in a photo available from the Minnesota Department of Transportation).