emergency declaration

The National Weather Service is forecasting a “significant East Coast winter storm threat” for this weekend, with a coastal low forming Friday and rapidly intensifying into a bomb cyclone as it tracks up the Eastern Seaboard. If you’re running freight anywhere from the Carolinas to Boston over the next five days, you need to pay attention right now.

Georgia, Mississippi, and North Carolina have issued 14-day emergency waivers for federal hours-of-service rules to expedite essential winter storm relief through January.

The governors of Illinois, Missouri and Oklahoma declare states of emergency ahead of a major winter storm (video forecast included).

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s emergency declarations extend far beyond hours of service.

Feds okay food trucks while Arizona opens long-shuttered highway facilities.

Idle equipment can be placed in service to respond to COVID-19 emergency.

Relaxing of driver work restrictions provides breathing room to handle volume surge.

FMCSA order sparks confusion over what is considered emergency relief.