Elimination of Route Designation Requirement for Motor Carriers Transporting Passengers Over Regular Routes

• Date: March 11, 2010
• Source: www.fmcsa.dot.gov

FMCSA discontinues the administrative requirement that applicants seeking for-hire authority to transport passengers over regular routes submit a detailed description and a map of the route(s) over which they propose  to operate. The Agency will register such carriers as regular-route carriers without requiring the designation of specific regular routes and fixed endpoints. Once motor carriers have obtained regular-route, for-hire operating authority from FMCSA, they will no longer need to seek additional FMCSA approval in order to change or add routes. Each registered regular-route motor carrier of passengers will continue to be subject to the full safety oversight and enforcement programs of FMCSA and its State and local partners.

Effective Date: This rule is effective March 17, 2009. The compliance date for this rule is July 15, 2009.

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