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 began 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. If a technology is determined to be feasible, Phase II is anticipated to occur between FY 2009 and FY 2010. Phase II includes 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.