DOT provides $118.8M in grants to bolster safety, training

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration grants will go to state and local partners to reduce crashes through ...
Transport Topics

Community Colleges in Four States Enhance CDL Training

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Efforts to get more truck drivers on the road are taking place in several states with new community commercial driver license training ...
Truckinginfo

How to Prepare for the New Entry-Level Driver Training Rule

New entry-level driver training requirements go into effect on Feb. 7, 2022, for new drivers seeking a commercial driver’s license. When they do, gone are the days of a driver-trainee obtaining a ...
Overdrive

At least 30 hours behind the wheel: Pre-CDL driver-training rulemaking committee issues ‘consensus’ recommendation

The Entry Level Driver Training Advisory Committee, made up of representatives from the CDL training community, motor carrier and operator associations, an owner-operator himself and other ...
Columbus Dispatch

Franklin County backing truck-driving training to help needy residents find career paths

In the not-too-distant future, you might see a flash of blue hair behind the wheel of a big rig on the roads of central Ohio. That would be Kimyahta Hairston, a California native who’s working to earn ...
Truckinginfo

DOT Targets 7,000 CDL Schools in Entry Level Driver Training Provider Purge

Nearly 3,000 commercial driver’s license training providers have been removed from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Training Provider Registry. Another 4,000 training providers were ...