* DC - Truck ‘N Park demonstration hits the ground running
-- The image above shows the interactive map tool available since late last year at the website of the I-95 Corridor Coalition-led parking availability information demonstration project, Truck ‘N Park. Two rest-area sites are part of the effort, and via the website, I95truckparking.com, drivers can access real-time availability of spaces and also set up the system to automatically call them back at a certain time with availability information... The call-back feature, project coordinator Marygrace Parker hopes, will make such systems good trip-planning tools for haulers along the I-95 corridor... The project is in the middle of what she calls a three-to-six-month “proof of concept, to make sure all the components of the system work... It performed well even through the couple big snow events the greater Washington, D.C., region has seen this winter, Parker says... As far as the call-backs, says Susan Michlik, senior traffic information coordinator with Schneider Electric Mobility, truckers northbound on I-95 are getting their automated calls with information on the road ahead for parking...
(Photo: PARKING SITES) -- Washington, DC, USA - Overdrive, by Todd Dills - February 15, 2016Labels: trucks parking's shortage
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