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WASHINGTON — American Trucking Associations and other industry stakeholders have asked the governors of each state to use some of their extra federal funds to expand truck parking.

Truckers traveling in Indiana on Interstate 65 now have more than 200 new parking spaces available to them after state officials on Oct. 24 opened a revamped Kankakee Welcome Center.

Increasing parking availability for the nation’s truck drivers remains high on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s agenda, Secretary Pete Buttigieg indicated recently.

Two teens from Lenape Technical School are helping the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation come up with a solution to the truck parking problem.

Freight stakeholders have many ideas for how to address the trucking industry’s shortage of safe truck parking, but all agree it’s not an easy challenge.

Truck parking is a well-documented nationwide problem, but along Central Florida's heavily congested Interstate 4, the issue is particularly acute, with little relief in sight. 

A $1.6 million U.S. Department of Commerce grant to a southwestern North Carolina town is paying for new infrastructure to support opening a Love’s Travel Stop with truck parking.

New truck parking construction will start this summer on a northern Nevada freight route on Interstate 80 at the Golconda Summit.

Frank Sonzala’s company is developing plans to convert abandoned drive-in movie locations and other similar sites into truck parking places.

Truck parking has risen in recent years to be acknowledged as one of the most critical concerns of the industry - especially drivers who need safe places to park and rest. In the House, the recently introduced Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act would offer crucial assistance to the expansion of commercial truck parking spaces.