parking News Updates

BusinessSafety

Buttigieg: Truck Parking Central to Safety Mission

USDOT announced more than $4 billion in grants Oct. 21, including projects in Nevada, Ohio and Wisconsin that will add parking to existing facilities along interstate highways.

October 23, 2024
Business

60 Seconds: New Truck Parking Lot in Florida to Add 120 Spots by 2026

Orlando-to-Tampa corridor on Interstate 4 currently has just 90 spots for the 18,000 trucks passing through daily. 

May 13, 2024
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Illinois to Add Truck Parking at Three Rest Areas

Illinois plans to build a total of more than 100 new truck parking places in two rest areas on Interstate 55 and one on I-24 in a $197.5 million investment in 22 freight mobility projects.

May 10, 2023
GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogistics

Rep. Rick Crawford Talks Truck Parking, IIJA Oversight

The likelihood of Congress advancing parking-centric legislation meant to assist truck drivers in the country is increasing.

April 5, 2023
BusinessTechnology

Why a Lack of Truck Parking Is Everyone’s Problem

In this special extended conversation with Evan Shelley, co-founder and CEO of Truck Parking Club, RoadSigns host Seth Clevenger focuses more deeply on the proposed measures that could help increase nationwide truck parking and improve highway safety and pushes Shelley to talk about what this means for communicating his big idea. 

April 1, 2023
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety

PennDOT Contest Challenges Teens to Solve Truck Parking

Pennsylvania high school students are trying to crack the truck parking puzzle in the state department of transportation’s annual Innovations Challenge contest.

January 25, 2023
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Senators Introduce Truck Parking Bill

Legislation meant to improve parking access for truck drivers nationwide was introduced in the U.S. Senate on Dec. 1.

December 1, 2022
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentSafety

West Virginia to Renovate Travel Plazas, Add Truck Parking

West Virginia is demolishing two travel plazas along its turnpike to create modern ones, adding a total of 45 new truck parking places, announced Gov. Jim Justice.

November 21, 2022
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentSafety

California Finds Truck Parking Shortage Complicated by EV Mandates

California is among the leaders pushing for wider adoption of zero-emission commercial vehicles, but the state is confronting the dual challenges of resolving a shortage of truck parking and the need to build charging infrastructure accessible to tractor-trailers.

October 4, 2022
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentSafety

Senators Promote Truck Parking Access

Two members of the Senate committee on highway policy raised concerns about inadequate parking for the nation’s truckers during a recent hearing about supply chain connectivity.

September 21, 2022