parking News Updates

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Industry Clamors for Public Lands, Multiuse Weigh Stations for Truck Parking

Using public lands along highway rights of way and optimizing weigh stations were common suggestions from stakeholders during listening sessions about truck parking hosted by federal transportation officials.

July 11, 2017
Business

Truckers Not Welcome at New $20 Million Welcome Center in New York

The $20.2 million welcome center on the eastbound Long Island Expressway in New York between exits 51 and 52 is set to open as early as this week, state officials said, providing a stop for motorists but pushing truckers farther east.

September 29, 2016
Business

Ohio Town Grapples With Truck Parking Woes

When truck driver Grant Moser returns to Huber Heights, Ohio, in a few days after making his way back from California, he鈥檒l face a choice more complex than it might seem: Where to park?

September 26, 2016
Business

Mobile Apps, Reserved Spaces Help Drivers Locate Available Parking

Industry organizations, major truck stop chains, government officials and a Silicon Valley startup are all attempting to help truck drivers with one of their most pressing challenges today 鈥 finding a place to park.

August 22, 2016
GovernmentBusiness

New Study Says Kansas Needs Truck Parking Information System

Development of a truck parking information management system is among the recommendations of a聽joint Kansas Department of Transportation and聽Kansas Turnpike Authority study completed this spring.

, , June 8, 2016
GovernmentBusiness

New York Trucking and Delivery Association Wins $14 Million in Battle With NYC

The New York Trucking and Delivery Association prevailed in its five-year battle over parking tickets.

May 24, 2016
Business

Congress Moves on HOS

The U.S. House and Senate last week advanced separate transportation bills that would make changes to the hours-of-service restart rule for truckers that many across the industry have opposed.

May 23, 2016
Business

Industry-Backed Truck Parking App to Go Live in August

WASHINGTON聽鈥 American Trucking Associations, the National Association of Truck Stop Operators, the American Transportation Research Institute and the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance announced May 18 Park My Truck, a free mobile truck-parking app that should be available in August. The kickoff event was held in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill.

May 18, 2016
Business

ATA, ATRI, CVSA, NATSO Foundation Partner in Truck Parking Initiative

The American Trucking Associations, the American Transportation Research Institute, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance and the National Association of Truck Stop Operators Foundation will announce a new initiative to address the ongoing issue of truck parking at a press conference in Washington, D.C., on May 18.

May 13, 2016
Business

Tiny Washington Town's Parking Woes Mirror Growing Nationwide Shortage

North Bend, the tiny picturesque town in central Washington where the popular 1990 television series 鈥淭win Peaks鈥 was filmed, is in the spotlight again 鈥 this time for Truck Town, a landmark since the 1940s.

April 11, 2016