CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — America’s truck parking shortage is imposing a staggering $100 billion annual burden on drivers, fleets and the trucking industry.
According to groundbreaking new truck parking research, drivers waste 56 minutes and drive 15 extra miles daily searching for legal parking spaces—costs that ultimately ripple through supply chains and increase prices for consumers nationwide.
The research, commissioned by Truck Parking Club and conducted by transportation economist Noël Perry of Transport Futures, exposes a massive disconnect between America’s truck parking needs and available infrastructure. With 2.4 million commercial trucks requiring daily parking for federally mandated rest breaks, the nation provides only 697,000 official parking spaces—creating a shortage of 1.7 million spaces, or roughly 70% of daily demand…