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1. Respondent distribution by region
Figure 2. Demographics of truck driver respondents
Figure 3. Preferred parking locations
Figure 4. Parking availability at public rest areas
and commercial truck stops and travel plazas
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1.Driver parking locations
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2. Demand model variables
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3. Demand model parameters
Table 4.Field
survey results for model calibration
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5. Values of calibration parameters
Table 6. State survey results for model validation
Table 7. Commercial truck parking demand: Peak hour
demand along interstates and other NHS routes carrying more than 1,000 trucks
per day, 2000
Table 8. Commercial truck parking demand: Comparison
of state and demand model estimates
Table
9. Commercial
truck parking inventory: Public rest area facilities along interstates and
other NHS routes carrying more than 1,000 trucks per day
Table 10. Parking capacity ranges from the Truck
Stops Database
Table 11. Commercial truck parking inventory:
Commercial truck stop and travel plaza facilities along interstates and
other NHS routes carrying more than 1,000 trucks per day
Table 12. Driver-reported usability characteristics
in truck parking
Table 13. Driver-rated importance of features when
parking
Table 14. Drivers’ parking facility preferences
by purpose of stop
Table 15. Demand/supply
ratio categories
Table 16. Parking
space utilization: National summary of demand/supply ratio along interstates
and other NHS routes carrying more than 1,000 trucks per day
Table 17. Parking space utilization: Demand/supply
ratio along interstates and other NHS routes carrying more than 1,000 trucks
per day
Table 18. Frequency
with which drivers find available parking atpublic rest areas and commercial
truck stops
Table 19. Summary of recent or current actions pursued
by State partners
Table 20. Summary
of future actions recommended by State partners
| AADT | Annual Average Daily Traffic |
| ART | America’s Road Team |
| ATA | American Trucking Association |
| CORBOR | National Corridor Planning & Development Program and Coordinated Border Infrastructure Program |
| CVSA | Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance |
| DOT | Department of Transportation |
| FHWA | Federal Highway Administration |
| HOS | Hours of Service |
| HPMS | Highway Performance Monitoring System |
| IFTA | International Fuel Tax Agreement |
| IRP | International Registration Plan |
| ITS | Intelligent Transportation System |
| MFCA | Motor Freight Carriers Association |
| NATSO | National Association of Truck Stop Operators |
| NHS | National Highway System |
| NITL | National Industrial Transportation League |
| NPTC | National Private Truck Council |
| NTSB | National Transportation Safety Board |
| OOIDA | Owner-Operator Independent Driver Association |
| PATT | Parents Against Tired Truckers |
| PMAA | Petroleum Marketers Association of America |
| SH/LH | Short-Haul/Long-Haul |
| TEA-21 | Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century |
| VMS | Variable Message Sign |
This report provides technical documentation supporting the Report to Congress on the study called for in Section 4027 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to “determine the location and quantity of parking facilities as commercial truck stops and travel plazas and public rest areas that could be used by motor carriers to comply with Federal hours of service rules.”This report documents the analysis of commercial truck parking demand and supply and summarizes activities State partnership groups identified for addressing areas with parking shortages.
| Janet A. Coleman Director, Office of Safety Programs Safety Core Business Unit |
Michael F. Trentacoste Director, Office of Safety Research and Development |
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This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange. The United States Government assumes no liability for its contents or use thereof.This report does not constitute a standard, specification, or regulation. The United States Government does not endorse products or manufacturers.Trade and manufacturers’ names appear in this report only because they are considered essential to the object of the document.|
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16. Abstract The study involved:1) a national assessment of the extent and geographic distribution of parking shortages, 2) research to clarify drivers’ parking-related needs and decision-making, and 3) development of a technical guidance document to be used by partnerships of public- and private-sector stakeholders in 49 States (excluding Hawaii) for inventorying current facilities serving the NHS, analyzing current and projected shortages in commercial truck parking at public rest areas and commercial truck stops and travel plazas, and developing plans for action at the appropriate jurisdictional levels. The process involved:1) the development of an inventory of public and commercial truck spaces serving the NHS, 2) development, calibration, and application of a truck parking demand model, 3) a national survey of truck drivers to determine how drivers plan for and address their parking needs, how truck drivers select when, where, and at which facilities they park, and what truck drivers think of the adequacy of current parking facilities, 4) an estimate of parking demand using a modeling approach, 5) identification of parking deficiencies at the State and corridor level by comparing supply and demand, and 6) identification of improvements that were recommended by State partnerships to mitigate any existing or future problems identified. |
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