Project Details
| Title: | Improving Commercial Vehicle Safety and Commercial Driver License (CDL) Compliance through University Partnerships |
| Start Date: | October 2017 |
| End Date: | September 2019 |
| Status: | Completed |
Abstract
Working with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the overall goal of this two-year project was to improve commercial vehicle safety and Commercial Driver License (CDL) compliance. This was accomplished through two strategies. The first strategy was to document and share best practices of university partnerships with state law enforcement and driver licensing agencies to improve commercial vehicle safety and CDL compliance throughout the FMCSA Western Service Center region. The second strategy was to establish a Technical Assistance Center at NDSU-UGPTI as a point of contact for universities, law enforcement, and driver licensing agencies seeking assistance to establish partnerships to improve commercial vehicle safety and CDL compliance.
The first strategy to document and share best practices was achieved through the following objectives:
- Each state law enforcement and driver licensing agency in the FMCSA Western Service Center region was contacted to determine if there was an existing partnership with a university (or universities) on one or more projects to improve commercial vehicle safety and/or CDL compliance. If so, this information was documented. For the universities identified, each university was contacted for further details and information regarding any other related projects.
- A Commercial Vehicle Safety and CDL Compliance Summit was organized and conducted November 28-29, 2018 on the University of Colorado campus in downtown Denver, Colorado to bring together state law enforcement, driver licensing agency, and university representatives from the FMCSA Western Service Center region. The Summit was organized to share information regarding existing partnerships to improve commercial vehicle safety and/or CDL compliance; and to allow those states who do not currently have a partnership to learn more about establishing a partnership.
The second strategy to establish a Technical Assistance Center at NDSU-UGPTI was achieved through the following objectives:
- In the course of gathering information regarding existing partnerships between universities and enforcement and/or licensing agencies, details regarding the partnership were documented. These details can be shared with any other state agency or university interested in forming a partnership.
- NDSU-UGPTI continuously reaches out to state agencies and universities to make them aware of the technical assistance available, the types of partnerships that can be formed, and the projects that can be conducted.
The time frame of this project was October 2017 through September 2019.
For more information about this project, please email Brenda Lantz (brenda.lantz@ndsu.edu).
