Project description
Truck drivers are faced with a critical shortage in truck
parking due to a dramatic growth in commercial vehicle truck travel on our
nation’s roads. A fatigued driver that
must drive around to search for a parking place to rest can become not only a
roadway hazard, but an environmental hazard as well because they generate
unnecessary diesel emissions.
California Partners for Advanced Transport and Highways is
partnering with Caltrans and several other agencies to explore possible roles for
ITS in alleviating the truck parking problem. Researchers aim to use ITS
technologies to determine parking availability at a particular location and
then transmit this information to commercial vehicle drivers on the road. This
may be accomplished through changeable message signs, radio, mobile phones, and
onboard computers.
Learn More
Connecticut Department of Transportation
http://www.ctrestareas.org/documents/RestAreaReport.pdf