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Truck Parking Receives $275M Boost From DOT
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Berliner Morgenpost
Thousands of truck parking spaces are missing throughout Germany. Minister of Transport Patrick Schnieder wants to change this – a first aid will start immediately.
Truck parking receives $275M boost from DOT
For years, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) has pushed for more truck parking investment from the federal government. Its persistence is finally paying off. The truck parking shortage has affected the industry throughout the 21st century. Many areas faced this issue long before that. Lawmakers largely ignored it, unaware of its severity. Thanks to grassroots efforts, government officials are now starting to recognize th…
Tens of thousands of truck spaces are missing on German motorways. As a result: full rest stops, overtired drivers – and dangerous evasive maneuvers.
Federal Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder (CDU) wants to make parking searches safer for truck drivers. To achieve this, there should be more truck parking spaces, and free parking spaces should also be easier to find digitally. "We currently have a huge problem with regard to availability, but also the effort involved in finding parking spaces for truck drivers," Schnieder told the Funke Media Group newspapers (Wednesday editions). The Minis…
New York City Council approves overnight parking in industrial business zones for trucks
NEW YORK — The New York City Council has passed legislation that will require the New York City Department of Transportation to establish overnight parking areas in industrial business zones for trucks. “For far too long, the shortage of overnight parking for truck drivers in New York City has forced trucks to park in areas that they shouldn’t be,” said Zach Miller, vice president of government affairs for the Trucking Association of New York (T…
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