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Publication Number: FHWA-RD-01-160
Date: March 2002 |
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Commercial Vehicle Driver Survey: Assessment of Parking Needs and PreferencesPDF Version (2.55 MB)
PDF files can be viewed with the Acrobat® Reader® 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 methodology and results of a survey administered to commercial truck drivers on their parking needs and preferences.
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1.0. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
3.2.1. Are There Enough Parking Spaces?
3.2.2. How Useable are the Parking Spaces?
3.3.Parking Patterns and Preferences
3.3.1. How Often Do Drivers Sleep at Home?
3.3.3. Who Decides Where Drivers Park and When is the Decision Made?
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1. States included as distribution sites
Figure 2. Percent of respondents by truck volume corridor categories
Figure 3. Frequency with which drivers find available parking at truck stops and restareas
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1. Frequency of encountering usability characteristics in truck parking
Table 2. Importance of features when parking (as rated by drivers)
Table 3. Drivers’ parking facility preferences by purpose of stop
Table 4. Parking-related improvements identified by driversas helping the most
Topics: research, operations, climate change Keywords: research, operations, truck parking, commercial motor vehicles, truck driver survey, truck parking preferences, parking studies, human factors, rest area, truck stop, parking supply TRT Terms: commercial vehicles, parking, truck drivers Updated: 04/12/2012
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