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Truck parking, state by state
Overdrive’s national rankings of states’ trucking parking shortages is presented in an interactive map. Use the map to access more national data on where the problem is worst (California, Rhode Island…), likewise our most recent coverage of the parking issue.
December 2, 2015
Parking
Parking: ‘It’s bad all over’
With a major study out and a new national coalition beginning regional meetings, the heat’s up on the increasing need for safe parking.
December 1, 2015
Channel 19
‘Do we need any more trucks in our community?’
What happens when a service shop wants to put in secured truck parking on their property — citizen backlash, citing “every kind of crime” trucks supposedly bring with them.
November 27, 2015
Parking
Parking: Creative approach meets small-minded resistance in Hutchins, Texas
Where parking needs may increasingly be met: Efforts by fleets, shippers and receivers, even your preferred service location, to accommodate overnight truck parking needs.
November 27, 2015
Parking
ELDs, hours, parking: Owner-operators’ top 3 critical issues
Considerable fleet/operator common ground is seen in hours of service, CSA, parking and related issues, though the economy ranks higher in Overdrive’s list. Plus: Voices on the “Missouri Truck Ferry” project.
November 20, 2015
Parking
The rise of pay-to-park
While some owner-operators appreciate the ability to reserve a space, Chuck Bishop of Sanger, Texas, thinks otherwise. Pilot Flying J, meanwhile, may be next with a systemwide pay-to-park system.
November 19, 2015
Parking
Too many cats, not enough walls
“Truckers are dirty” — the erroneous contention state and local governments trot out to “restrict parking for all truckers. It’s like saying all cats pee on walls, so we can’t build any more walls.”
November 16, 2015
Parking
Rhode Island receives $9M grant for new travel plaza/welcome center
Rhode Island will build a new, state-of-the-art travel plaza and welcome center with the help of a $9 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
November 6, 2015
Parking
Curbman wisdom and other assorted thoughts from the peanut gallery
A recent $25 million federal grant to eight states for parking-availability-information systems could build as many as 2,500 new spaces.
November 6, 2015
Parking
I-95 Corridor Coalition scheduled to test truck parking notification system
A group of transportation agencies along the Eastern Seaboard will begin testing this month an automated technology to advise truck drivers on the real-time availability of truck parking spaces.
November 4, 2015
Parking
7 Midwest states following Michigan’s lead to provide parking availability information
Eight contiguous Midwestern states, including Michigan, are following that state's lead with a collaborative parking info system enabled by $25 million grant.
November 3, 2015
Parking
Elderly trick-or-treaters unwelcome: Report from the Cat Litter Wars
"When a 15-year-old man-boy in a costume consisting of a backwards flannel shirt and glasses gives you a baritone, 'Gimme candy,' the good feelings dry up."
October 28, 2015
Parking
When real life requires following the rules, even if it sucks
Or: Ever had to stop for a 10-hour break 30 minutes from the house? Wendy Parker: Been there, done that.
October 25, 2015
Parking
POLL: What’s the biggest trucking issue?
The American Transportation Research Institute’s top 10 trucking issues, identified by fleets, were released early this week. This poll asks which of them (or others) is most important to you.
October 21, 2015
Parking
POLL: Rest areas v. truck stops — where is parking more difficult for you?
Considering your total parking needs, at what kinds of facilities do you experience the greatest problems — public facilities like rest areas or private truck stops? All of the above? Sound off here.
October 6, 2015
Overdrive Radio
Hope Rivenburg: General public ‘naive’ on truck-parking needs
Our podcast interview with truck-parking advocate Hope Rivenburg, widow of Jason’s Law’s namesake. Also: Hutchins, Texas, zoning hearing upcoming on new parking facility there after roadblocks hit by diesel shop.
October 1, 2015
Parking
POLL: How often is finding a parking place a problem for you?
How much time do you spend looking for parking on average — and how often is finding a spot a serious issue on the road? Call 530-408-6423 to scale in with a message and/or vote in the poll here.
September 24, 2015
Parking
Reservation systems, pay-to-park efforts in critical eye of new truck parking analysis
Close to half of all driver respondents to a wide-ranging ATRI survey on parking reported no willingness to pay for parking whatsoever — the survey examined this and other parking issues.
September 23, 2015
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