Phone Numbers for Freight
Information and Services
| Topic |
Agency |
Telephone Number |
| Commercial Driver's License |
Individual States |
1-800-832-5660 |
| Freight Data, Analysis, Professional Development, Size and Weight
Enforcement, and Intermodal Technology |
FHWA |
Office of Freight Management
and Operations Staff |
| Operating Authority |
FMCSA |
1-800-832-5660 |
| Oversize/Overweight Vehicle Permits |
Individual States 1 |
 |
| Household Goods/Driver Complaints |
FMCSA |
1-888-368-7238 |
| Insurance Information |
FMCSA |
1-800-832-5660 |
| Licensing Information |
FMCSA |
1-800-832-5660 |
| Security |
DHS 2/TSA 3 |
202-282-8000 |
| Smartway |
EPA 4 |
734-214-4767 |
| Tariffs on Motor Carrier Goods |
STB 5 |
202-245-0285 |
| USDOT Numbers |
FMCSA |
1-800-832-5660 |
| Vehicle Defects |
NHTSA 6 |
1-888-327-4236 |
| Vehicle Retrofits |
NHTSA |
1-888-327-4236 |
1Permits are issued
by individual State agencies, not the Federal Government, for oversize/overweight
vehicle operations.
2The Department of Homeland Security is responsible for protecting the movement of international trade across U.S. borders.
3The Transportation Security Administration is responsible for security of the nation's transportation systems.
4Environmental Protection Agency
5The Surface Transportation
Board handles some remaining responsibilities in this area; these were
inherited from the now-defunct Interstate Commerce Commission.
6National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
