The Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration was awarded $844,005 through September 2026 by the Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration under the Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation Grant. The purpose of this project grant is to hire 12 part-time driver licensing agents to help reduce commercial driver's license skill test wait times in Maryland and develop an online practice test for CDL applicants. This funding will...
The Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration awarded the Maryland Department of Transportation a $102,126 Project Grant under the Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation Grant (CDLPI Grant) program. The grant period runs from August 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025 and will assist the state in complying with commercial driver's license requirements. Funding will support priority activities for research, development and testing, demonstration projects,...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) awarded a $256,966 Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation (CDLPI) Grant to the Maryland Department of Transportation. The grant, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to September 30, 2028, will fund two key activities: 1) conducting "train the trainers" courses for the state's commercial driver's license (CDL) skills test examiners, and 2) converting the English and Spanish versions of the Maryland CDL...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) awarded a $8,377,642 Formula Grant under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (CFDA 20.218) to the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) State Highway Administration Division. The purpose of this 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, is to support MDOT's Commercial Vehicle Safety Plan (CVSP) to improve motor carrier, commercial motor vehicle (CMV), and driver safety across Maryland's transportation system. Key activities to...
The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) awarded a $173,640 Project Grant (CFDA 20.235 - Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Safety Training Grants) to Prince George's Community College in Maryland. The purpose of this award is to provide funding to recruit and enroll at least 28 qualified students, including members of underserved communities, in the college's Commercial Driver's License (CDL) program. The grant will support the delivery of enhanced commercial driver safety...
This Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration provides $197,410 to the Community College of Baltimore County to recruit and enroll 38 qualified students and underserved community members in its Commercial Driver's License program through September 2024. The funding will cover tuition costs of $5,195 per student to expand participation in the college's training for the CFDA program "Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Safety...
The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) awarded a $1,110,166 Project Grant under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237) to the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) State Highway Administration division. The grant funding will support three key objectives: 1) Deploying and evaluating new digital piezo sensor technology from Kistler KiTraffic to improve commercial...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration awarded a $197,410 Project Grant to the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC), doing business as Catonsville Community College, to recruit and enroll at least 38 students in the college's Commercial Drivers License (CDL) program. The grant, provided under the Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Safety Training Grants program (CFDA 20.235), aims to expand the number of CDL holders with enhanced operator...
This $328,770 project grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation will fund increased oversight of the state's commercial driver's license program. Specifically, the grant will support hiring an analyst to analyze skills testing data and an electronic data processing systems analyst to oversee the State Pointer Exchange Services and Out of State Notification units. The goal is to identify and...
The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $1,865,164 Project Grant from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration within the U.S. Department of Transportation. The grant funding supports the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237), which aims to enhance commercial motor vehicle safety through partnerships. Under this award, the University will develop an online tool to streamline the commercial motor...