DOT 22-05

News Digest

Friday, February 4, 2005

FMCSA Streamlines Motor Carrier Registration. The U.S. Department of Transportatoin’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has combined two of its Web sites to provide its customers with faster, easier access to agency information. Users may now file for USDOT number registrations, operating authority registrations or update their registrations at one time, in one place. This new registration process may be accessed on http://safer.fmcsa.dot.gov, by clicking on “FMCSA Registration & Updates.” This combined Web site provides FMCSA customers faster, easier access to FMCSA. New features of the Web sites allow interstate and intrastate motor carriers of Hazardous Materials (HM) to request an HM Safety Permit, allow individuals to request copies of safety rating request letters or USDOT notification letters, and provide carriers with a registration tracking number and a personal identifier for operating authority transactions. In addition, users will also be able to make civil fine payments via the SAFER Web site. Contact: Dave Longo: (202) 366-0456.

DOT Issues Quarterly Domestic Airfare Report. On Feb. 1, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued its quarterly Domestic Airline Fares Consumer Report, providing information about average prices paid by consumers in the 1,000 largest city-pair air markets in the contiguous 48 states during the second quarter of 2004. It may be obtained at http://ostpxweb.dot.gov/aviation/X-50%20Role_files/consumerairfarereport.htm. Contact: Bill Mosley: (202) 366-4570.