Transportation

Washington — State highway signs with humorous messages aren’t being banned, the Federal Highway Administration said after news reports to the contrary captured national attention – including from lawmakers.

In a Jan. 19 press release, FMCSA salutes Hutcheson’s efforts to take “regulatory actions to enhance roadway safety, improve quality of life for drivers, (and) leverage technology and innovation to improve safety.”

Bozeman, MT — Industries in which workers are prone to sleep loss should develop and adopt policies that prioritize sleep to ensure better daytime function and well-being, researchers say.

Washington — The Department of Transportation has updated civil penalty amounts for violations to adjust for inflation, effective Dec. 28.

Washington — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is asking for comments on petitions seeking to restore California’s and Washington state’s rules on meal and rest breaks for commercial truck and bus drivers.

Portland, OR — In an effort to prevent worker deaths and injuries stemming from runover and backover incidents, the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences has issued a hazard alert.

Washington — Citing a need to broaden its safety advocacy efforts, the National Transportation Safety Board will no longer issue a Most Wanted List of Transportation Improvements, which debuted in 1990.

Washington — The trucking industry remains committed to maintaining and improving safety – and has the receipts to prove it.

Roughly 3 out of 5 U.S. drivers admit they’ve engaged in unsafe behaviors behind the wheel, results of a recent survey show.

New York — Delivery workers in New York City will soon have places to safely charge the lithium-ion batteries on their e-bikes.