parking

Hundreds of trucks parked in Queens ticketed, booted or towed

New York state’s primary trucking association is criticizing a crackdown on overnight truck parking in New York City, saying that “we cannot ticket our way out of this problem.”

News reports emerged late Monday that the city had begun a ticketing blitz in southeastern Queens, near John F. Kennedy airport. That is generally a working-class part of the city, and election information website Ballotpedia said the population of the 5th Congressional District, which covers southeast Queens as well as...

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Love’s pulls plug on controversial I-90 truck stop in Montana

Love’s has killed plans to build a truck stop near Ramsay, Montana, a tiny town on Interstate 90, following fierce opposition from local residents.

The decision not to proceed with the truck stop comes even as Love’s, in a culmination of a five-year effort, received the final approval it needed from the Butte-Silver Bow Board of Adjustment. Ramsay is located in Silver Bow County, and Butte is the nearest city. According to local media reports, the vote authorizing the truck stop was 5-0.

The end...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/loves-pulls-plug-on-controversial-i-90-truck-stop-in-montana

Illinois town near O’Hare sharply boosts fines for illegal overnight truck parking

A municipality next door to O’Hare International Airport has pushed through a big increase in fines for illegal overnight truck parking. 

Elk Grove Village has approximately 32,000 residents. Its eastern edge abuts the northwest corner of O’Hare. And with a significant industrial presence in the town, fueled in part by the proximity to O’Hare, the village believed it needed to take stronger steps against what it deemed excessive overnight truck parking.

Village officials did not respond to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/illinois-town-near-ohare-sharply-boosts-fines-for-illegal-overnight-truck-parking

Pittsburgh pilots smart loading zones to reduce last-mile delivery congestion

Smart loading zones

Can smart loading zones reduce parking-related traffic congestion by 20% while speeding up last-mile deliveries? The city of Pittsburgh is about to find out.

The Steel City has been awarded a $100,000 grant from Automotus to create a one-year pilot program to study the impact of curbside loading zones. Automotus will provide technology that will analyze curbside activity in real time, automate payment by the minute for delivery firms, and share parking availability data with drivers for 20...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/pittsburgh-pilots-smart-loading-zones-to-reduce-last-mile-delivery-congestion

Drivers rate best truck stops in America

Whether truckers are stopping overnight, need to fuel up or want a safe place to ride out severe weather, truck stops are essential to every driver’s journey. In an informal social media survey, FreightWaves asked drivers to rank four of the largest and most unique truck stops in the U.S., including chains and independent businesses. Here are the results.

Iowa 80 (Walcott, Iowa)

With 900 parking spots for tractor-trailers and a wide variety of services, the Iowa 80 has earned the title of the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/drivers-rate-best-truck-stops-in-america

ATA, OOIDA team up on parking letter sent to Buttigieg

Two groups that often find themselves at odds over government policy relating to trucking have teamed up in a letter to Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg focused on the issue of truck parking.

A letter sent Friday to Buttigieg was signed by Chris Spear, president and CEO of the American Trucking Associations, and Todd Spencer, president and CEO of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association. 

“On behalf of America’s trucking industry, which employs 7.9 million Americans...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ata-ooida-team-up-on-parking-letter-sent-to-buttigieg

Public-sector efforts to boost truck parking face path filled with hurdles

WASHINGTON — After a now-familiar recap of the problem of truck parking, a panel at the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board faced the sobering fact that from the perspective of the public sector, it isn’t easy to fix.

The thrust of the panel was to discuss what could be done about the inadequacy of truck parking from a public perspective; private developers of parking, like truck stops, will be expected to add spaces, as they usually do.  

Doing it again: @LovesTravelStop to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/public-sector-efforts-to-boost-truck-parking-face-path-filled-with-hurdles

In the ATRI top 10 list, some big differences between drivers and management on the industry’s issues

There were few surprises in the list of the top trucking industry issues released Sunday by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), but what is always most intriguing about this list is the difference in perception between drivers and company managers.

In a survey that had more than 2,500 respondents, the driver shortage was listed as the top concern in the overall rankings. Second was driver retention and third was driver compensation. The trifecta of concerns all relate to the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/in-the-atri-top-10-list-some-big-differences-between-drivers-and-management-on-the-industrys-issues

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