Data for Forecasting Truck Parking and Land Use

The United States faces a growing shortage of truck parking, a problem that affects safety, efficiency, and community livability. Despite efforts by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and state DOTs to address this issue, demand for safe and adequate truck parking exceeds supply. Truck parking is inherently a multijurisdictional challenge that requires coordination among federal, state, regional, and local agencies. While NCHRP Project 08-141, A Guidebook for Local Truck Parking Regulations, is developing model ordinances to assist local jurisdictions, there is no consistent method to determine how much truck parking should be required for truck-generating development projects. A variety of public and private datasets exist to estimate truck parking demand, but each has limitations. Developing a national framework is further complicated by diverse land-use requirements, regulations, and economic conditions across states. Research is needed to develop an analytically sound, data-driven framework that will enable transportation agencies to estimate current and future truck parking demand and integrate this information into land-use and freight-planning decisions. The objective of this research is to develop and validate a framework for transportation agencies to estimate truck parking demand for current and future conditions.

• Record URL:
  • http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=5848
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract to a Performing Organization has not yet been awarded.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Proposed
• Funding: $800,000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 08-198

• Sponsor Organizations:

  State Departments of Transportation (participating member states of American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO))

  American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Project Managers:

  Zelinski, Patrick

• Start Date: 20260119
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Estimating; Land use planning; Parking demand; Traffic queuing; Truck traffic
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01956568
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 08-198
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: May 28 2025 10:14AM