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Dive Summary:
- The New Jersey Department of Transportation is asking for feedback on truck parking issues in the state, releasing a pair of surveys intended to short distances and long distance drivers.
- The two surveys are aimed at drivers, asking questions about their parking needs, how they search and how long it usually takes to find a spot. However, industry participation is welcome.
- Inquiries are open until June 16, according to the website.
Dive Insight:
New Jersey, home to the nation’s persistent top freight congestion in Fort Lee, is seeking to better understand existing truck parking problems and work with industry on solutions.
“The goal is to explore challenges through data collection, stakeholder input, and review of operational and technology trends,” the survey’s website says. “Based on these findings, the team will develop solutions, strategies and policies to address any challenges.”
The surveys ask a few different questions of the two groups of drivers.
But a section asking them to rate the effectiveness of various potential solutions offered the same categories in each survey: facility expansion, technology, increased on-street parking, paid parking and delivery times.
The truck parking shortage is a national issue, with the industry estimating the shortage at one available spot for every 11 trucks on the road. The issue received enough attention to merit hundreds of millions of dollars in investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act.
But local governments have exacerbated the truck parking shortage by banning it in their jurisdictions, while bipartisan pressure for annual federal funding has stalled in recent years.