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Publication Number: FHWA-RD-01-158
Date: March 2002 |
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Study of Adequacy of Commercial Truck Parking FacilitiesPDF Version (7.25 MB)
PDF files can be viewed with the Acrobat® Reader® TABLE OF CONTENTS2.0 COMMERCIAL TRUCK PARKING DEMAND 3.0 COMMERCIAL TRUCK PARKING SUPPLY 3.1 Estimating Parking Space Supply 3.3 Commercial Truck Stop and Travel Plaza Parking Facilities 3.4 Driver Assessment of Parking Facility Quality 3.5 Interchangeability of public rest area and commercial truck stop and travel plaza parking 4.0 COMMERCIAL TRUCK PARKING SUPPLY/DEMAND BALANCES 5.0 ACTIVITIES TO REDUCE SHORTAGES 5.4.1 Actions to Expand or Improve Rest Areas 5.4.2 Actions to Expand or Improve Commercial Truck Stops and Travel Plazas 5.4.3 Actions to Encourage Formation of Public-Private Partnerships 5.4.4 Actions to Educate or Inform Drivers about Available Spaces 6.2.1 What problems are associated with an inadequate supply of truck parking spaces? 6.2.2 Is there an adequate supply of truck parking spaces for the NHS? 6.2.4 How can locations with inadequate truck parking be identified? 6.2.5 How can inadequate parking at some locations be rectified? 6.3.1 Distribution of Parking Supply 6.3.3 Short-haul to Long-Haul Ratios 6.3.5 Public-Private Partnerships 6.3.6 Providing Information on the Availability of Parking Spaces Figure 1. Respondent distribution by region Figure 2. Demographics of truck driver respondents Figure 3. Preferred parking locations Figure 4. Parking availability at public rest areas and commercial truck stops and travel plazas Table 1.Driver parking locations Table 2. Demand model variables Table 3. Demand model parameters Table 4.Field survey results for model calibration Table 5. Values of calibration parameters Table 6. State survey results for model validation Table 8. Commercial truck parking demand: Comparison of state and demand model estimates Table 10. Parking capacity ranges from the Truck Stops Database Table 12. Driver-reported usability characteristics in truck parking Table 13. Driver-rated importance of features when parking Table 14. Drivers’ parking facility preferences by purpose of stop Table 15. Demand/supply ratio categories Table 19. Summary of recent or current actions pursued by State partners Table 20. Summary of future actions recommended by State partners
FOREWORDThis report provides technical documentation supporting the Report to Congress on the study called for in Section 4027 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to “determine the location and quantity of parking facilities as commercial truck stops and travel plazas and public rest areas that could be used by motor carriers to comply with Federal hours of service rules.”This report documents the analysis of commercial truck parking demand and supply and summarizes activities State partnership groups identified for addressing areas with parking shortages.
NOTICE This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange. The United States Government assumes no liability for its contents or use thereof.This report does not constitute a standard, specification, or regulation. The United States Government does not endorse products or manufacturers.Trade and manufacturers’ names appear in this report only because they are considered essential to the object of the document.
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