Transportation Intermediaries Association - Petition for Rulemaking (Federal Safety Standard)

Summary: The Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA), representing the third-party logistics industry, is petitioning the FMCSA to establish a federal safety standard for selecting motor carriers. They argue that a clear federal standard is necessary to provide brokers and shippers with reliable, objective criteria to identify unsafe carriers while preventing the unfair exclusion of safe, small carriers due to regulatory uncertainty and litigation risks.