The Eastern Transportation Coalition continues to focus on truck parking as a critical issue facing the region. Trucks are a key transportation mode in the corridor. The average annual daily truck volume throughout the entire corridor is over 10,000 with portions of the corridor above 31,000 trucks. These trucks need safe, secure locations to park, either for short periods of time while waiting for a business to open each day or waiting for congestion to subside, or for longer periods to meet federally mandated hours of service (HOS) rest requirements.
The Coalition’s Truck Parking activities span an array of interest areas to economically and viably serve diverse geographical situations. During the past several years, these activities have included investigation of truck parking technologies; truck parking applications which are flexible and adaptable, and useable within states’ existing system platforms; ability to reach the user with well-timed truck parking availability information; holding a truck parking workshop for the entire Corridor; and conducting a demonstration pilot project, along with an evaluation of the project and lessons learned.
Click on the links below to learn more about the Coalition’s Truck Parking Activities.