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Truck ‘N Park demonstration hits the ground running
I-95 Corridor Coalition Truck ‘N Park project coordinator Marygrace Parker realizes capacity is the biggest issue when it comes to truck parking, she says, but hopes real-time availability-info sharing can at least help mitigate the problem in the short term.
February 15, 2016
New trucker-friendly hotel-booking engine
PTAG, the Professional Trucker’s Association Group, has launched its “PTAG Safe Truck Parking Program,” primarily a hotel-booking engine with negotiated discounts built in, the organization notes.
December 30, 2015
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Top 20 worst states for truck parking
Though California tops Overdrive’s weighted rankings of the worst states for truck parking at No. 1, Northeast states occupied Nos. 2-6. Access news of new developments and more data in the top 20 list and these interactive maps.
December 14, 2015
Channel 19
Bad news from the parking trail: Another lot joins the ‘no parking’ list
The expanses of Walmart parking lots were once viewed as friendly places for an overnight, and were often utilized by truckers in locales under-served by traditional truck stops — that continues to change …
December 12, 2015
Parking
Parking: Data on rest areas v. truck stops
Data show that parking issues aren’t limited to states showing a high percentage of publicly controlled spaces or those with a high percentage of private spaces.
December 3, 2015
Parking
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
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