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Parking

Trucking groups announce Park My Truck app set to release in late summer

A new mobile app expected to launch late this summer will allow truck drivers to find truck parking information and available parking spaces.

May 19, 2016

Parking

Petition started to ask FMCSA to mandate states to provide truck parking

Truck drivers have started an online petition at Change.org asking the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to require states to create parking for tired truckers.

May 17, 2016

Parking

Trucking organizations form partnership to help truckers find available parking

The groups will announce their plans for sharing parking availability with truck drivers during a May 18 press conference.

May 13, 2016

Business

Pikachu, I choose you!

Getting decent sleep on the road sometimes depends on where you’re parked … And how close you happen to be to the Pikachu-colored flattop Freightliner when it “ripples” the new Volvo’s bumper.

May 11, 2016

Business

Don’t let the dirty dictate the digs

“We can either sit around and feed into the stereotype by allowing the unguided children to run the show, or we can train them to be truckers, and find out which ones can handle it and integrate with pride and a positive image.”

April 27, 2016

Business

Don’t ban me, bro

“The communities that choose the knee-jerk reaction of banning trucks aren’t looking to solve problems, they’re looking for a band-aid to slap on the gaping wound of parking and big truck issues.”

April 25, 2016

Business

Paid parking pas de deux

“Even Dr. Phil knows there’s two sides to a pancake, and looking at both of them is necessary to describe the pancake fully. You can’t have a conversation without two sides.”

April 20, 2016

Parking

Washington state DOT seeking driver input on parking survey

A similar study in 2008 by the WSDOT found problems with a shortage of truck parking similar to those today. The 2008 report stated truck parking across the state was a problem “that will only get worse over time.”

April 19, 2016

Business

Parking: To pay or not to pay, that is the question

“We, as a rule, don’t like paying for parking. That said, when we go to areas of parking hell, the stress level is reduced by about a million percent by knowing we have the option, even if we don’t like it.”

April 11, 2016

Channel 19

Pennsylvania county goes proactive on highway-ramp parking

Penn. state patrol in Lackawanna County reportedly has stepped up ticketing of drivers parked on ramps, but quick press response shows some hope on shifting prevailing attitudes/awareness of the parking issue.

April 7, 2016

Parking

New partnership could lead to expansion of truck parking availability technology

eX² Technology and Truck Smart Parking Services have partnered to offer a solution to address the nationwide parking shortage problem. TSPS already operates in Michigan, and the partnership with eX² could help expand their offerings.

April 6, 2016

Parking

‘All the money in the world’ may not be enough to solve trucking’s parking crisis, panelists say

Simply adding more parking spaces, even along busy freight corridors, likely wouldn’t fix the country’s widespread truck parking shortage, said four panelists at a seminar held last week at the Mid-America Trucking Show.

April 5, 2016