United States Department of Transportation
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Truckers’ parking/rest facility study.
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2008-07-01
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Edition:Final report
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Abstract:This study examined the current state of truck parking and rest area facilities in the Northeast Illinois Region to determine if
and how problems from truck parking affect freight transportation infrastructure, safety, and the region’s economy and
environment. A taxonomic study of truck traffic volume and truck parking availability was completed. Truck parking sites for
this report comprise private and public sites. Interviews were conducted with state, county, municipal authorities, and truck
drivers. The primary problems found involved two groups of truckers. One group is the independent, over-the-road drivers
with Chicagoland deliveries and pickups. This group has fewer resources available for securing parking when needed.
These truckers are responsible for much of the ‘nuisance’ parking in residential, retail, or manufacturing areas. The second
group contributing to nuisance parking is local company drivers who park in areas designed for over-the-road truckers and
access ramps. The consequences of nuisance parking include safety hazards, problematic environmental effects from
emissions and toxins, and a diminished freight transportation system affecting the local economy. Recommendations are
given. Solutions include: improving parking sites by creating additional parking for the drivers needing it; and re-using
brownfield sites, underutilized retail and manufacturing parking areas, and seasonally affected sites to create additional
parking. Communication of site availability via radio or other means is also proposed.
Since the impacts and needs are diffused over the region, further study of both procedural, such as the development of
design guides, and programmatic private and public solutions are proposed.
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