In Kansas, multiple state agencies collaborate with the commercial trucking industry to promote efficient and secure operations: 

• Kansas Department of Transporation (KDOT): Oversees oversize/overweight permitting and routing, as well as registration of escort vehicles. 
• Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC): Regulates commercial trucking, adopting motor carrier safety regulations and administering economic regulations. 
• Highway Patrol Troopers and Motor Carrier Inspectors: Enforces regulations through roadside inspections and staffing inspections and weigh stations on major highways. 
• Kansas Department of Revenue: Handles commercial vehicle registration and commercial driver’s licensing.

Resources 

• Oversize/Overweight Routing and Permits: Kansas Truck Routing and Intelligent Permitting System (K-TRIPS) or call 785-368-6501. 
• Kansas Escort Vehicle Permitting 
  • FAQs about escort vehicles
  • Kansas escort vehicle regulations
  • Escort vehicle service provider registration appeal form 
• Commercial Vehicle Registration
• Kansas Trucking Regulatory Assistance Network (K-TRAN), a one-stop shop to apply and pay for authorities, waivers, renewals and Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) fees as well as receive important alerts and messages from the KCC. 
• Oversized vehicles information from the Kansas Turnpike Authority. 
• Federal regulations from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Additional Information 

Contact the Kansas Corporation Commission, Transportation Division at 785-271-3145 for more information on economic and safety regulations.