FMCSA has undertaken an initiative called SmartPark to demonstrate whether an intelligent transportation system (ITS) technology for providing parking availability information in real-time to truckers on the road will work for diverting trucks from filled to unfilled parking areas. A secondary benefit for drivers is that SmartPark can help them in managing fatigue.

Phase I was begun on May 7, 2007. Two awards were made to demonstrate a technology to collect data on space occupancy and to analyze the collected data to determine truck parking availability. Phase II will occur between FY 2008 and FY 2010 and will include tasks for calibrating parking count, disseminating real-time truck parking availability information, making truck parking reservations, forecasting truck parking availability based on past usage, equipping adjacent truck parking areas in a corridor or region to divert trucks from overfilled to under-filled lots, converting temporary to permanent installation, assigning truck parking based on departure, and compiling a business plan for self-sustainability.