COMMERCIAL DRIVER REST & PARKING REQUIREMENTS: MAKING SPACE FOR SAFETY
This tech brief presents an FHWA study that addressed the adequacy of both public and private parking facilities nationwide. The steady growth in trucking nationwide appears to have increased the demand for rest areas along the nation's highways. Commercial drivers need a safe place to park, especially at night, to maintain their alertness. A growing concern about commercial driver fatigue has created a need to assure public safety along the highways. The primary goal of this study was to consider parking statues and enforcement, and to determine the supply, utilization, and demand for truck parking at both rest areas (public facilities) and truck stops (privately-owned facilities). Research sought to address a perceived need for additional parking space through direct observation, interviews, statistical sampling and evaluations, modeling, and demographic data collection.
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Corporate Authors:
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Office of Research and Technology, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 - Publication Date: 1998-8
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
- Pagination: 4 p.
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Serial:
- Tech Brief
- Publisher: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alertness; Commercial drivers; Data collection; Demand; Demographics; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Highways; Interviewing; Night; Parking facilities; Roadside rest areas; Statistical sampling; Truck drivers; Truck facilities; Trucking safety
- Uncontrolled Terms: Modeling
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00789199
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-MCRT-98-002
- Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Mar 30 2000 12:00AM