Developing Truck Parking and Queuing Generation Rates for Freight Generating Land Uses and Data for Sustainable Goods Movements

For the past several years, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and state DOTs have been working to address the growing shortage of truck parking, yet the problem continues to worsen. Truck parking is a challenge that inherently requires involvement from local agencies. NCHRP Project 08-141, “A Guidebook for Local Truck Parking Regulations,” is developing model ordinances to assist local jurisdictions. However, standardized methodology is still needed to determine how much off-street (on-site) truck parking should be required for truck-generating development projects. Additionally, the absence of comprehensive truck freight data significantly hampers effective operations management and infrastructure investment, particularly at the regional and county levels. This data gap affects three key areas: (1) truck parking—adequate facilities for both staging and long-haul movements are essential for safe and efficient freight operations; (2) goods movement—accurate origin-destination information is necessary for appropriately sizing freight infrastructure; and (3) demand estimation—reliable trip generation rates are vital to evaluating the impacts of freight activity on transportation networks. The objective of this research is to develop truck parking demand estimates for a range of truck-generating land uses. These estimates will support local agencies in creating development guidelines for off-street truck parking and queuing requirements for new and expanded freight-related developments.

• Record URL:
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• 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:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  American Association of State Highway and 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
• Project Managers:

  Zelinski, Patrick

• Start Date: 20250526
• 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