* Indiana - Truck Parking System coming to hoosier highways
-- Truck drivers are tired—literally—of searching for parking spots. In a survey of 4,000 truck drivers conducted by an Illinois consulting firm, 95 percent said they spend more than 15 minutes to find parking for mandatory rest periods. Nearly 40 percent search for longer than an hour. The scenario further exhausts tired drivers and impacts businesses’ bottom lines... However, transportation leaders say a recent $4 million grant is putting Indiana on the “straight and narrow” toward a high-tech solution... Eight states are sharing a $25 million grant to implement the Truck Parking Information and Management System to help drivers find open parking spaces when they need them. Federal regulations prohibit truck drivers from surpassing 11 hours of driving per day, but many struggle to find a safe place to rest... In Indiana, the new electronic system will operate along I-65 and I-70. Automated sensors will monitor 15 truck parking sites to track where open spaces exist in real-time. The sensors will be calibrated according to how spaces exist in each lot, then count the number of trucks that enter to park and exit. The number of open spaces will be automatically calculated and displayed on signs along the interstate... In addition to Indiana, seven other states will be installing the same system: Kansas, Kentucky, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. The ultimate goal is to create a seamless network for drivers making long-haul trips... The system is expected to be up and running in 2018, and INDOT believes public-private partnerships with truck stops could be the best route for adding more parking spaces to the monitoring system...
(Photo: The location and number of open spaces will be displayed on signs along the interstate) -- Indianapolis, IND, USA - Inside Indiana Business, by Kylie Veleta - Jan 20, 2016
* Maryland - Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration warning truck drivers of weekend storm
-- Forecasted snowfall and strong winds may present dangerous driving conditions; “Safe Havens” available at 17 ridesharing lots statewide... The Maryland Department of transportation’s State Highway Administration (SHA) is warning professional truck drivers to keep an eye on the weather forecast for travel this weekend. If the current predictions are correct, trucking companies and truck drivers should consider altering travel plans to avoid Maryland this weekend due to potential snow-related hazardous driving conditions... SHA is also reminding truckers who may find themselves traveling during a severe storm that 17 park and ride lots are available for emergency truck parking to ride out heavy snowfalls and blizzard-like conditions...
(Photo) -- Maryland, USA - Southern Maryland News - January 20, 2016Labels: trucks parking's solutions
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