Meera Joshi, who Biden named as FMCSA deputy administrator on his first day in office, needs Senate confirmation to become the administrator. As FMCSA deputy, she is the acting leader of the agency that oversees the trucking industry. The last Senate-confirmed leader of the FMCSA was Raymond Martinez, a Trump appointee, who stepped down in 2019.
An attorney, Joshi is a past chairwoman and CEO of the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission, the nation’s largest for-hire transportation regulator. In New York, she spearheaded novel Vision Zero campaigns using data tools to keep high-risk drivers and unsafe vehicles off city roads. She also led landmark policy, including establishing open transportation data standards for app-based providers, enacting the nation’s first for-hire driver pay protection program, and providing broad access to for-hire transportation for passengers who use wheelchairs, according to a bio provided by the Biden Administration.
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So much trucking expertise there......
An attorney, Joshi is a past chairwoman and CEO of the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission, the nation’s largest for-hire transportation regulator. In New York, she spearheaded novel Vision Zero campaigns using data tools to keep high-risk drivers and unsafe vehicles off city roads. She also led landmark policy, including establishing open transportation data standards for app-based providers, enacting the nation’s first for-hire driver pay protection program, and providing broad access to for-hire transportation for passengers who use wheelchairs, according to a bio provided by the Biden Administration.
Biden selects Joshi as FMCSA administrator
If confirmed by the Senate, the current deputy and acting leader of the agency that oversees interstate trucking would be first administrator since 2019.
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So much trucking expertise there......
