Stich, B., Rupnow, T., & Mitran, E. (2025). Truck Parking Shortage: Improving Efficiency and Identifying Opportunities [Summary] (Report No. 25-2SS). Louisiana Transportation Research Center. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/82356
Stich, Bethany, Tyson Rupnow, and Elisabeta Mitran. Truck Parking Shortage: Improving Efficiency and Identifying Opportunities [Summary]. Report no. 25-2SS. Louisiana Transportation Research Center, 2025. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/82356.
Stich, Bethany, et al. Truck Parking Shortage: Improving Efficiency and Identifying Opportunities [Summary]. Louisiana Transportation Research Center, 2025, Report no. 25-2SS, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/82356.
In coordination with the American Trucking Association (ATA) and American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), this project aims to address truck parking issues with short- and long-term solutions. The short-term solution is to identify what truck parking exists, how it is managed, and what and where Variable Message Signage (VMS) exists for truck drivers in Louisiana. The long-term solution is to develop guidance for truck parking ordinances that local jurisdictions are willing to adopt and help build more truck parking spaces.
Providing safe and secure parking for the more than three million heavy trucks that move over 70% of the nation's freight is both a local and national
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This study addressed truck parking issues and provides both short- and long-term solutions. The long-term solution is to develop guidance for truck pa
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Stich, B., Rupnow, T., & Mitran, E. (2025). Truck Parking Shortage: Improving Efficiency and Identifying Opportunities [Summary] (Report No. 25-2SS). Louisiana Transportation Research Center. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/82356
Stich, Bethany, Tyson Rupnow, and Elisabeta Mitran. Truck Parking Shortage: Improving Efficiency and Identifying Opportunities [Summary]. Report no. 25-2SS. Louisiana Transportation Research Center, 2025. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/82356.
Stich, Bethany, et al. Truck Parking Shortage: Improving Efficiency and Identifying Opportunities [Summary]. Louisiana Transportation Research Center, 2025, Report no. 25-2SS, ROSA P. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/82356.
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