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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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.
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