Truck Parking Apps Face Resistance From Drivers, Study Finds
New Research Shows Low Adoption Despite Growing Demand
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute conducted the study, which was released last month, on behalf of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. (Jeremy Poland/Getty Images)
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A new federal study examining two interstate corridors has concluded that truck drivers are reluctant to use certain app-based truck parking management platforms that could help mitigate parking shortages and assist drivers in meeting hours-of-service requirements.
The study, which included a pilot to collect data, found that despite parking shortages along Interstate 80 and Interstate 94 corridors in Iowa and Wisconsin, drivers are mostly not using the apps to look for empty parking places, resulting in trucks parking on the entrances, exits and rest areas along the corridors.
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute conducted the study, which was released last month, on behalf of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
“The objectives of this research were to analyze the usage of truck parking capacit…
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