FMCSA voice concerns over minor issues with Mexican Driver Testing Centers

Oct 102011
 
 10/10/2011  Posted by PMC at 06:38 on 10/10/2011 Comments Off
FMCSA voice concerns over minor issues with Mexican Driver Testing Centers

As part of it’s effort to get the Cross Border Pilot Program with Mexico up and running, FMCSA has been diligently complying with all the roadblocks thrown in their face by Congress at the behest of lobbyists for those opposing the program. On Friday, October 7, FMCSA reported on minor concerns it had after visits to Mexican testing centers for the Mexican equivalent of the CDL. FMCSA has advised their counterparts at the SCT, Mexico’s DOT of these concerns and the SCT is requiring corrective action on these concerns. The FMCSA also said it will require Mexican drivers trained at ….Read More

FMCSA: NO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FROM CROSS-BORDER TRUCKING

Oct 022011
 
 02/10/2011  Posted by PMC at 17:57 on 02/10/2011 Comments Off
FMCSA: NO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FROM CROSS-BORDER TRUCKING

Just as we’ve suggested all along, and now, The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has announced the availability of a Final Environmental Assessment that evaluates the potential environmental impacts resulting from the implementation of its U.S.-Mexico cross-border long-haul trucking pilot program. The agency says it received five comments to its draft environmental assessment and responded to those comments in the FEA.

At the end of the day, it’s really none of OOIDA’s business!

Oct 012011
 
 01/10/2011  Posted by PMC at 14:01 on 01/10/2011 Comments Off

As the 2011 Cross Border Pilot Program unfolds, OOIDA continues to whine and grasp at straws in an ineffectual attempt to once again stop the United States from complying with an obligation 17 years overdue. OOIDA continues to demand access to all records concerning the companies applying for provisional authority to participate in the cross border program and I mean all records. In the name of transparency, they are demanding to know every single thing about the companies and the drivers, information they are not entitled to, nor are any of us. In their comments concerning Transportes Olympics fitness to ….Read More

ANALYSIS: Mexican Carriers applying for Pilot Program Revealed

Oct 012011
 
 01/10/2011  Posted by PMC at 12:13 on 01/10/2011 Comments Off
ANALYSIS: Mexican Carriers applying for Pilot Program Revealed

We now know who the 8 Mexican carriers are who have made application to the FMCSA for OP-1MX authority to participate in the cross border pilot program expected to begin later this month. The carriers that are known at this time are: Transportes Olympic of Apodaca Nuevo Leon Grupo Behr de Baja SA de CV of Tijuana B.C. Transportes Unimex of Reynosa, Tamaulipas Alfredo Hernandez Rojas of Celaya, Guanajuato Alejandro Moctezuma Arroyo of Octolan, Tlaxcala  Higiencos Y Desechables Del Bajio of Guadalajara, Jalisco Moises Alvarez Perez of Tijuana, Baja California GCC Transporte of Cd Juarez, Chihuahua All applicants must pass ….Read More

Rep. Peter DeFazio follows OOIDA’s lead with letter “DEMANDING” answers

Sep 222011
 
 22/09/2011  Posted by PMC at 00:10 on 22/09/2011 Comments Off
Rep. Peter DeFazio follows OOIDA's lead with letter "DEMANDING" answers

Rep. Peter DeFazio, following OOIDA President Jim Johnston’s example sent a letter to FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro demanding she address his bogus concerns about the safety of Mexican trucks on U.S. roads. But this isn’t about this vile little man’s irrelevant letter to Ms Ferro. It’s to be expected. Despite the fact DeFazio was elected to represent the people of the 4th Congressional District in Oregon, he continues to be in the pocket of the unions, specifically representing the whims and demands of embattled Teamsters President James P. Hoffa. DeFazio’s claims of being concerned about the “safety, security and jobs ….Read More

OOIDA sends another letter blasting Secretary Ray LaHood on Mexican Pilot Program

Sep 152011
 
 15/09/2011  Posted by PMC at 19:23 on 15/09/2011 1 Response »
OOIDA sends another letter blasting Secretary Ray LaHood on Mexican Pilot Program

This is so ridiculous it borders on the absurd. Yesterday, OOIDA President Jim Johnston sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood venting his frustrations at his associations failure to hoodwink Congress and the public into putting a stop to the cross border trucking program with Mexico. Here’s some excerpts of the letter to LaHood: Aren’t you getting the cart before the horse? How can the FMCSA utilize taxpayer resources to review and process those applications or initiate the so-called pilot program in any way before complying with the terms and conditions stipulated in Section 350 of Public Law 107–87 ….Read More

FMCSA quick to comply with suggestions of the USDOT/OIG regarding the Long Haul Pilot Program

Sep 132011
 
 13/09/2011  Posted by PMC at 12:25 on 13/09/2011 Comments Off
FMCSA quick to comply with suggestions of the USDOT/OIG regarding the Long Haul Pilot Program

Hey, we knew they could do it and that OOIDA was once again blowing smoke up the peoples asses when less than a week ago they were saying that FMCSA had “high hurdles” to cross before the Long Haul Program with Mexico was ready for prime time. Yesterday, FMCSA released their answer to the concerns raised by the Office of the Inspector General in it’s recent report You can download and read their solutions here. To refresh you memory the OIG said that FMCSA was “generally” in compliance with the requirements under 350(c) with the following exceptions.  FMCSA has not ….Read More

OOIDA loses first round in lawsuit against Mexican cross border program

Sep 132011
 
 13/09/2011  Posted by PMC at 09:49 on 13/09/2011 Comments Off
OOIDA loses first round in lawsuit against Mexican cross border program

Yesterday, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denied the injunction sought by the Owner Operators Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) in their attempt to stop the Mexican cross border pilot program. According to TODAYS TRUCKING, the Court did agree to fast track the frivolous lawsuit meaning written arguments could be accepted as early as December.  Oral arguments will be scheduled after the initial round of filings. It is also being reported that the petition for review, filed by the Teamsters and Public Citizen in the 9th Circuit in San Francisco, will instead be heard by the D.C. Court ….Read More

First two applicants for the Mexican Cross Border Program have passed their PASA’s

Sep 092011
 
 09/09/2011  Posted by PMC at 10:00 on 09/09/2011 Comments Off
First two applicants for the Mexican Cross Border Program have passed their PASA's

FMCSA spokesperson Candice Tolliver Burns announced late yesterday that two of the 7 applicants for the Cross Border Trucking Pilot Program with Mexico have successfully  passed their Pre-Authorization Safety Audits (PASA) and are ready to roll. Both carriers were participants in the 2007 cross border demonstration program and under the rules of the new program, should be eligible shortly for permanent operating authority. The carriers, Transportes Olympic based in Apodaca, Nuevo Leon, a suburb of Monterrey and Grupo Behr, headquartered in Tijuana, BC. Transported Olympic, owned by Fernando Paez, was the first carrier to cross under the previous program September ….Read More

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