1. Truck parking – analytical challenges
Presentation on Draft Work to Date
July 26, 2016

2. History to date Cheryl asked about Truck Parking Study
Conference call in February
Call is to discuss truck parking analytical challenges

3. Why Do trucks Need parking
Load cargo
Terminal mgmt.
Scheduling
Space
In transit
Congestion
Weather
Legal rest
Fueling, etc.
Route choice Tolling (WIM)
Deliver cargo
Terminal mgnt.
space
2 Elements to ask:
Who controls each element at each decision?
What activity is being recorded?

4. Time and Type of Parking

5. Who pays for truck parking
What is often forgotten…
How was shipping rate developed?
Growth of ecommerce, 3PLS, and logistics management?
How will payment occur?

6. Where and when do Trucks need parking-Overdrive
Frequency of Delay
Regional Needs

7. Jason’s Law- Truck Parking by State and Highway

8. Missouri Profile-FHWA Jason’s Law Report

9. Regionally, we are interested in corridors

10. In Sum, National Problem Tends to be near urban areas
Mismatched pricing/operational metrics
Ultimately, it is more of corridor, node challenge than a “statewide” problem

11. Role of planning for trucking at State dots
Freight Planning
Reducing system risks/exposure
Pavement deterioration/asset management
Emerging Performance measures

12. Some studies related to truck parking
TRB
NCHRP 824-Methodology for Estimating the Value of Travel Time Reliability for Truck Freight System Users
Circular Num 3-c146 Trucking 101, An Industry Primer
NCHRP Dealing with Truck Parking
FHWA
Jason’s Law Truck Parking Survey Results and Comparative Analysis
Study of the Adequacy of Commercial Truck Parking Facilities – Technical Report
ATRI
Managing Critical Truck Parking Tech Memo #1: Commercial Driver Perspectives on Truck Parking

13. State reports
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Virginia

14. Arkansas Time Series Worked with Highway Patrol with surveys
Assessed Public and Private

15. Florida Trends of Parking Problem
Site visit and surveys of Parking Needs
Recommended occupancy predictive modeling

16. Georgia Component of Freight Plan
Focused on truck parking supply of key corridors using mileage indicators

17. Virginia Most complete of the state reports Surveys and metrics
Worked with district and highway patrol

18. Data Sources for trucking studies
Traffic count data
GPS and emerging technologies
Surveys
Non-Traditional Databases
Regulatory Actions

19. Traffic Counts Traditional Approach – ground truth to data activities
Tie to other traffic counting activities (WIM, tolling, etc.)
See if captive data could be linked to a corridor (time stamps)

20. GPS and emerging technologies
ATRI Bottlenecks Study
Florida Bluetooth technologies
Terminal Scheduling activities

22. Savannah 500 Truck Sample

23. Same 500 Trucks After 24 Hours

24. Same 500 Trucks After 48 Hours

25. Same 500 Trucks After 72 Hours

26. Same 500 Trucks After 5 Days

27. Same 500 Trucks After 7 Days

28. Non-Traditional Databases-Modeling Approaches
Simulation tools
Fleet management tools
Statewide models
SHIFT Model development

29. Regulatory
Safety Data
Inspection data
Cargo Theft
Hours of Service

30. Some Recommendations to consider when studying Truck Parking options
Using O/D Pairs to examine long distance need
Using Freight establishments to evaluate local need
Performance metrics based on Operational Data
Examine Regulatory Data

31. Some Items to consider regarding Truck Parking
Infrastructure
Convert DOT facilities into truck only rest areas
Utilize other publically owned land in urban areas
Regulatory
Hours of Service studies
Local ordinances
Signage
Shipper-Carrier Dynamics
Consider other policy actions for lessons learned: Chassis drivability, fuel surcharges, etc.
Understand who bears the risk
Land Use Incentives
NIMBYism, business permitting, etc.
Ties to Truck routes
Improve Operational Communications
Apps (Haystack, reservation systems)
Driver notifications
Emissions Reductions- mobile deployment
Public Private Partnerships
Rest area commercialization
Truck stop expansion
Tax credits for temporary uses

32. Summary
Truck parking data may become more available to the public sector
Push for freight planning and performance measures may create opportunities to examine truck parking in a proactive manner
Truck parking data could be tied to land use and traffic generation models
Understanding corridor related needs remains critical