Trucking news and briefs for Tuesday, April 2, 2024:
This slide from a College Station City Council meeting shows the types of trucks now barred from parking on city streets. Box trucks and large pickups without trailers will still be allowed to park on city streets.College Station City Council
The city of College Station, Texas, last week voted to ban commercial motor vehicle and trailer parking within city limits, joining other cities around the country in limiting where trucks can park amid a national truck parking shortage.
The College Station City Council last week voted 4-3 to approve an ordinance prohibiting truck and trailer parking within the city limits. Councilwomen Linda Harvell and Elizabeth Cunha and Mayor John Nichols voted against the motion.
A follow-up 6-1 vote removed references to commercial vehicle and trailer parking by specific location from the city’s Code of Ordinances. Councilwoman Harvell voted against the motion.
Before last week’s vote, parking bans were implemented in the city on a street-by-street basis in certain areas.
According to a news report from KBTX, the opposing councilmembers and mayor in the first vote cited the extra burden being placed on truckers “as not the best solution,” adding that a “citywide ban for an issue that has not become a major issue” was “not necessary.”
