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Publication Number: FHWA-RD-01-159
Date: March 2002 |
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Model Development For National Assessment of Commercial Vehicle ParkingPDF Version (3.69 MB)
PDF files can be viewed with the Acrobat® Reader® TABLE OF CONTENTS3.0 ESTIMATING TRUCK PARKING DEMAND 3.4.1 Step 1:Identify Major Trucking Corridors and Select Analysis Segments 4.0 TRUCK PARKING DEMAND MODEL CALIBRATION Figure 1.Example of tight parking for trucks Figure 2. Truck parking signage at a motel Figure 3. Truck parking signage at a fast food restaurant Figure 4. Example of truck parking available at a large retail store Figure 5. Results of field observational study—location of parked trucks Table 1.Data requirements for truck parking demand model Table 2.Demand model parameters Table 3.Derivation of the proportion of parking demand for public rest areas and private truck stops Table 4.Terms calculated in step-by-step model process Table 5.National truck parking assessment process Table 6.Highway segments for observational studies Table 7.Summary of model results—calibrated long-haul peak parking factor of 0.11 Table 8.Summary of model results—calibrated long-haul peak parking factor of 0.09 Table 9.Summary of model results—calibrated short-haul to long-haul ratio FOREWORDThis report provides detailed 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.” The report details the development and validation of a model for estimating commercial truck parking demand.
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Topics: research, safety, operations, freight/goods movement Keywords: research, safety, truck parking, commercial motor vehicles, parking demand model, parking studies, human factors, rest area, truck stop, parking supply TRT Terms: trucking, truck facilities, parking facilities Updated: 04/12/2012
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