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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Update: Key Initiatives & Rulemakings

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Update: Key Initiatives & Rulemakings Presentation to the AASHTO 2011 Subcommittee for Highway Transport 92 nd Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. Jeffrey S. Loftus Chief, Technology Division June 28, 2011. Outline. Administrator's Priorities

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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Update: Key Initiatives & Rulemakings

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  1. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Update: Key Initiatives & Rulemakings Presentation to the AASHTO 2011 Subcommittee for Highway Transport 92nd Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX Jeffrey S. Loftus Chief, Technology Division June 28, 2011

  2. Outline Administrator's Priorities Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN) Smart Roadside Initiative Connected Vehicle Program CSA Program Rulemakings Hours of Service Electronic Onboard Recorders Reauthorization/FY 2012 Budget

  3. Administrator’s Priorities • 3 Core Principles: • Raise the safety bar to enter the industry; • Maintain a high safety standard to remain in the industry; • Remove high-risk carriers, drivers and vehicles from operating

  4. CVISN Goals & Objectives • Goals • Improve safety • Simplify operations, improve efficiency and freight mobility • Improve security • Achieve nationwide deployment, with all jurisdictions participating • Objectives • Improve safety and productivity of MCs, CVs and drivers • Improve efficiency and effectiveness of CV safety programs through targeted enforcement • Improve CV data sharing within states and between states and FMCSA • Reduce federal/state and industry regulatory and administrative costs

  5. Program Areas Electronic Credentials Safety Information Exchange Screening Administration • Automated processing of IRP and IFTA credentials • Interstate data exchange and funds transfer via IRP and IFTA Clearinghouses • Automated weight and credentials screening (at fixed or mobile site) • Sharing of safety data and supporting credentials data among State agencies • Interstate data exchange • Use of ASPEN inspection software CVISN Architecture (Technical Infrastructure) Mainstreaming and Deployment Planning (Organizational Infrastructure) Core CVISN Functions

  6. Expanded CVISN • Further improve commercial motor vehicle safety, security, and mobility/productivity • Customized deployments by States • Electronic credentialing to additional credentials • Intrastate credentials • Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) • Oversize/Overweight permitting • Single sign-on portal • Advanced roadside technology Deployment— Smart Roadside Initiative (SRI) applications • Virtual compliance stations/Virtual weigh stations • Augmented electronic screening sites • Mobile screening functionality

  7. Smart Roadside Initiative • Goal is to create data rich roadside environment to improve CMV safety and freight mobility • Programs/projects include: • Wireless Roadside Inspections; • Universal Truck Identification; • Virtual Weigh Station/Electronic Screening; and • Truck Parking Programs (FMCSA's “Smart Park” and FHWA’s “SAFETEA-LU Section 1305 Program”) • Partnership with FHWA and RITA on SRI prototype application in 2012-2013 • More info available at: www.Smartroadsideinitiative.com

  8. CVISN Core Deployment by Functional Area

  9. Expanded CVISN – Completed Core Deployment (26 States) CVISN Core Deployment (21 States plus DC) CVISN Core Planning and Design (3 States) CVISN State Deployment Status AK WA ND MT VT NH ME MN SD WI OR ID WY NY MI IA NE RI PA IL OH IN CT NV UT CO KS NJ WV MO KY VA DE CA MD OK TN NC AR AZ DC NM HI SC MS AL GA TX LA FL June 2011

  10. 2011 CVISN Deployment Grant Program • Program reinitiated in May 2011 • Available funding -- $25 million • Up to $2.5 Million for Core per State • Up to $1.0 Million for Expanded per State • Grant Period from June 1 – June 30, 2011 • 15 States have expressed interest • FY 2012 Grant Announcement (Fall 2011)

  11. CVISN Program Measurement Dashboard Screen

  12. Vehicle Safety Communications Connected Vehicle Environment

  13. Intersection Collision Avoidance Work Zone Notification Vehicle Safety Communications • Greater situational awareness • Your vehicle can “see” nearby vehicles and knows roadway conditions you can’t/don’t see • Reduce or eliminate crashesthru: • Driver Advisories • Driver Warnings • Vehicle Control Vehicle Safety Communications have the potential to address 82% of crash scenarios for unimpaired drivers

  14. Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V): Vehicles talk to each other Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I): Vehicles talk to infrastructure (Roadside, bridges, speed or curvature warning signs, traffic lights, railroad crossings, etc) V2V versus V2I

  15. Safety Applications and Crash Types Low clearance bridge warning Railroad crossing warning V2V & V2I Communications Stop Sign & Signal Violation Warnings 25 % Other Lane Departure Warning Lane Keeping Curve Speed Warning Crossing Paths 23 % Lane Change Off Roadway 9 % 28 % Forward Crash Warning Adaptive Cruise Control Brake Assist Automatic Braking Rear-End 2005 GES - Includes all vehicle types

  16. Compliance, Safety and Accountability (CSA) • FMCSA’s new enforcement model • Separate the safety fitness determination process from the comprehensive on-site compliance review (CR) • Assess the safety performance of a larger population of carriers than the current CR approach, based on data • Achieve a greater reduction in large truck and bus crashes, fatalities and injuries

  17. Four Major Elements of CSA • Measurement (inspection, investigation and crash data) – Replace SafeStat with the Safety Measurement System (SMS) • Interventions • Safety Fitness Determination • Information Technology

  18. CSA - BASICS FMCSA will monitor 7 key behaviors linked to CMV crash risks: • Unsafe Driving • Fatigued Driving • Driver Fitness which includes licensing and medical compliance standards • Crash History • Vehicle Maintenance • Improper Loading and Cargo • Controlled Substances - Drugs and Alcohol

  19. CSA Timeline • April 12 - November 30, 2010 - Motor carriers were allowed to preview their own data by seeing their roadside inspections/violations and crash events organized by BASIC scores. • Fall/Winter 2010 - SafeStat was replaced by the Safety Measurement System (SMS). SMS is available to the public, including shippers and insurance companies. • 2011 - FMCSA will begin to issuing Warning Letters to carriers with deficient BASICs. Roadside inspectors will use the Carrier SMS results to identify carriers for inspection.

  20. Safety Fitness Determination (SFD) • Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) would change the current rules under 49 CFR Part 385. • Separate the SFD process from the on-site comprehensive compliance review (CR); safety assessment could be made without a CR. • Allow FMCSA to issue an “unfit” determination based off the CSA BASICs. • NPRM anticipated in 2011.

  21. Hours of Service (HOS) • October 2009 – Settlement agreement between FMCSA and safety advocates to initiate a new HOS rulemaking: • Submit NPRM to the Office of Management and Budget by July 26, 2010 • Publish Final Rule by July 26, 2011 • December 2009, February 2010 – Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC) ideas and concepts • January 2010, March 2010 – Listening Sessions • NPRM published December 2010

  22. Hours of Service NPRM • 10 or 11 hours driving time limit (dual proposal) • 14-hour driving window • 13-hour on-duty time limit within the 14-hour window • Mandatory 30-minute break during the workday • Limit the 34-hour restart to once per week; must include two midnight to 6:00 am periods. • Status - Final Rule – October 2011

  23. Electronic On-Board Recorders (EOBRs) • Final rule published: April 5, 2010, • New technical standards for EOBR technology. • Mandatory use of EOBRs for carriers with significant HOS non-compliance. • Incentives to promote voluntary use of EOBRs. • EOBRs voluntarily installed in CMVs manufactured on or after June 4, 2012 must meet the new requirements under § 395.16. • Automatic Onboard Recording Devices that meet the current requirements (§ 395.15) and voluntarily installed in CMVs manufactured before June 4, 2012, may be used indefinitely.

  24. EOBRs & HOS Supporting Documents NPRM • February 1, 2011 NPRM – proposed broader mandate for EOBRs, and proposed a definition of “supporting documents” and the number of documents that have to be maintained. • March 10, 2011 – Extended the comment period to May 23rd • April 13, 2011 – Notice requesting public comment on harassment; comment period ended May 23rd

  25. Reauthorization/FY 2012 Budget • FMCSA operating under an extension to SAFETEA-LU – Expires on September 30, 2011. • Motor carrier safety budget request for FY 2012 is $606 million.

  26. Discussion • Questions?

  27. Thank You Contact Information Jeff Loftus Chief, Technology Division Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE Suite W68-3333 Washington, D.C. 20590 202-385-2363 Jeff.loftus@dot.gov FMCSA Technology website : http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/facts-research/art-technology.asp

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