The purpose of the project proposed by the university of massachusetts amherst is to developpartnerships between law enforcement and licensing agency staff, along with university researchers,…

The University of Massachusetts Amherst received a $938,616 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) under the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.237). The purpose of the project is to develop partnerships between law enforcement, licensing agencies, and university researchers to facilitate the exchange of ideas and resources related to commercial motor vehicle (CMV) safety. The goal is to enhance the efficiency and specificity of enforcement and crash prevention programs, particularly in underserved areas with high-crash CMV corridors. The project will focus on closing information and expertise gaps between stakeholders to help identify best practices, facilitate networking, and enable specialized research efforts to improve CMV safety.

The purpose of the project proposed by the university of massachusetts amherst is to developpartnerships between law enforcement and licensing agency staff, along with university researchers, providing a way to close gaps in information and expertise. By creating a mechanism to facilitate theexchange of ideas and resources between commercial motor vehicle commercial drivers license safetystakeholders and universities, best practices, networking capabilities, and special research efforts can bethoroughly developed. The proposed project ultimately seeks to further enhance efficiency and specificitywithin enforcement and other crash prevention programs, particularly those located in underserved areas, which target dangerous driving of commercial motor vehicles in high crash corridors of ESC states.