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2018 Pocket Guide to Large Truck and Bus Statistics

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2018-08-18

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This guide highlights the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) role in enforcement and in collecting and analyzing crash data and statistics to support its mission to prevent commercial motor vehicle-related fatalities and injuries...

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[PDF - 5.56 MB]
Testing and Recommended Practices to Improve Nurse Tank Safety: Phase III

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2018-07-01

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This report summarizes findings from a re-examination of 411 tanks that were relocated of 532 previously examined anhydrous ammonia (NH3) nurse tanks using the single-beam side-angle ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation method. There were 532 tanks e...

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Testing And Recommended Practices To Improve Nurse Tank Safety, Phase III: Research Brief

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2018-07-01

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This brief documents findings from the third phase of a multi-year research effort related to nurse tank safety. Reports detailing findings from the first two phases of this research were published in 2013. Phase III of this research (this study) was...

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[PDF - 218.12 KB]
The Innovative Technology Deployment (ITD) Grant Program, 2017 Annual Report

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2018-05-01

Description:

On December 4, 2015, the Fixing America's (FMCSA) works to reduce crashes, injuries, and Surface Transportation Act, 2015 (FAST Act) fatalities involving large trucks and buses. (Pub. L. 114-94) established the Innovative The ITD program is a key com...

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[PDF - 399.07 KB]
SmartPark Technology Demonstration Project, Phase II: Final Report

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2018-05-01

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The purpose of FMCSA's SmartPark project was to determine the feasibility of a technology for providing truck parking space availability information in real time to truckers on the road. SmartPark consisted of two phases. Phase I was a field operatio...

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SmartPark Technology Demonstration Project, Phase II: Final Report : Technology Brief

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2018-05-01

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In 2000, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) create a guide to inform truck drivers about locations and availability of parking. In 2002, the Federal Highway Administration...

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[PDF - 126.21 KB]
FMCSA Safety Program Effectiveness Measurement: Carrier Intervention Effectiveness Model, Version 1.1 Report for Fiscal Year 2014 Interventions - Analysis Brief

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2018-04-01

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The Carrier Intervention Effectiveness Model (CIEM) provides the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) with a tool for measuring the safety benefits of carrier interventions conducted under the Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) e...

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FMCSA Safety Program Effectiveness Measurement: Carrier Intervention Effectiveness Model (CIEM), Version 1.1 Report for Fiscal Year 2014 Interventions

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2018-04-01

Description:

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), in cooperation with the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe), has developed a quantitative model to measure the effectiveness of motor carrier interventions in terms of ...

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[PDF - 679.87 KB]
Review of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for Automated Commercial Vehicles: Preliminary Assessment of Interpretation and Enforcement Challenges, Questions, and Gaps

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2018-03-01

Description:

The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe) reviewed the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) to identify compliance and enforcement challenges related to the operation of automated commercial vehicles (CMVs) in interstate c...

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[PDF - 1.39 MB]
Results from the 2016 Drug and Alcohol Testing Survey: Analysis Brief

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2018-01-01

Description:

This report summarizes the results of the 2016 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Drug and Alcohol Testing Survey. This annual survey measures the percentage of commercial driver’s license (CDL) drivers who test positive for contro...

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[PDF - 218.69 KB]
Safety Study of Double-Decker Motorcoaches with Rear Luggage Compartment: Technology Brief

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2017-12-01

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The study was conducted through a combination of analyses and tests with a double-decker motorcoach. State transportation safety and law enforcement officials were consulted, and the study plan was revised according to their comments. An exemplar mot...

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Estimating Motor Carrier Management Information System Crash File Underreporting from Carrier Records

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2017-08-01

Description:

This FMCSA-sponsored research investigated the claim that motor carriers have a substantial number of crashes in their own records that are not contained in the Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS) crash file. Based on the results of t...

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[PDF - 556.01 KB]
FMCSA Safety Program Effectiveness Measurement: Roadside Intervention Effectiveness Model Fiscal Year 2013: Analysis Brief

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2017-08-01

Description:

The Roadside Inspection and Traffic Enforcement programs are two of FMCSA’s most powerful safety tools. By continually examining the results of these programs, FMCSA can ensure that they are being executed effectively and are producing the desired ...

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Estimating Motor Carrier Management Information System Crash File Underreporting From Carrier Records: Research Brief

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2017-08-01

Description:

This study estimated a significant amount of underreporting to the MCMIS crash file by the States, for the carriers who cooperated in the study. For the study carriers, it appears that the MCMIS file contained about 66 percent of their reportable cra...

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Safety Study of Double-Decker Motorcoaches with Rear Luggage Compartment

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2017-06-06

Description:

Section 5510 of Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, 2015 (FAST Act) required the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study on the effects of attaching a luggage compartment to the rear of a double-decker motorcoach, with respect to sa...

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[PDF - 2.29 MB]
Results from the 2015 Drug and Alcohol Testing Survey : analysis brief.

Published:

2017-06-01

Description:

This report summarizes the results of the 2015 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Drug and Alcohol Testing Survey. This annual survey measures the percentage of commercial driver’s license (CDL) drivers who test positive for contro...

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[PDF - 221.14 KB]
Pocket Guide to Large Truck and Bus Statistics 2017

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2017-06-01

Description:

FMCSA created and maintains the Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS). MCMIS contains information on the safety performance of commercial motor carriers (large trucks and buses) and hazardous materials (HM) carriers subject to the Feder...

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[PDF - 4.80 MB]
The Innovative Technology Deployment (ITD)/Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN) Program, 2016 Annual Report

Published:

2017-06-01

Description:

On December 4, 2015, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, 2015 (FAST Act) (Pub. L. 114-94) established the Innovative Technology Deployment (ITD) Grant Program, replacing the long-standing Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Netw...

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[PDF - 371.37 KB]
Heavy and Overweight Vehicle Brake Testing: Combination Six-Axle, Final Report

Published:

2017-05-01

Description:

The Heavy and Overweight Vehicle Brake Testing (HOVBT) program exists in order to provide information about the effect of gross vehicle weight (GVW) and on braking performance testing included service brake stopping distance tests, constant-pressure ...

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[PDF - 2.47 MB]
Heavy and Overweight Vehicle Brake Testing: Combination Five-Axle Tractor-Flatbed, Final Report

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2017-05-01

Description:

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), in coordination with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), sponsored the Heavy and Overweight Vehicle Brake Testing (HOVBT) program in order to provide information about the effect of gros...

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[PDF - 2.66 MB]

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