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ADOT plans to expand commercial truck parking along interstates

ADOT plans to expand commercial truck parking along interstates

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ADOT plans to expand commercial truck parking along interstates

ADOT plans to expand commercial truck parking along interstates

December 4, 2023

Public input welcomed on proposal to add 842 spaces at 10 locations

PHOENIX – To address the growing demand for commercial truck parking along state highways, the Arizona Department of Transportation has developed a statewide truck parking plan that recommends expanding parking at existing rest areas and adding three new facilities.

After gathering feedback from the trucking industry, ADOT is seeking public input as transportation planners look to construct 842 truck parking spaces in 10 locations along interstates in areas with the greatest needs. These locations are along Interstate 10, Interstate 40 and Interstate 8 and are at existing rest areas and three proposed “safe lots” that would provide parking only for commercial trucks.

ADOT recommends the additional parking based on demand at existing rest areas and where undesignated truck parking occurs. Other factors include cost, ease of implementation and input from the trucking industry.  The plan recommends first adding parking to three critical locations – Burnt Wells, Meteor Crater, and a new safe lot near Willcox – based on the $32 million in funding currently available through the National Highway Freight Program. 

  • I-10 Burnt Wells Rest Area near Tonopah, 103 spaces
  • I-40 Meteor Crater Rest Area near Winslow, 140 spaces
  • A new I-10/State Route 186 safe lot just west of Willcox, 127 spaces

Parking at the additional seven locations below could be added as ADOT seeks future funding.

  • I-40 Crazy Creek, a new safe lot about 35 miles east of Holbrook, 176 spaces
  • I-10 Ehrenberg Rest Area, 53 spaces
  • I-10 San Simon Rest Area, 80 spaces
  • I-10 Bouse Wash Rest Area, 55 spaces
  • I-40 Seligman, a new safe lot, 72 spaces
  • I-10 Sacaton Rest Area, 20 spaces
  • I-8 Mohawk Rest Area, 16 spaces

The added parking would be in addition to $18 million in current projects that are expanding parking at five rest areas, also funded by the National Highway Freight Program.

  • I-40 Haviland Rest Area
  • I-40 Parks Rest Area
  • I-17 Christensen Rest Area
  • I-17 McGuireville Rest Area
  • I-17 Sunset Point Rest Area

The draft statewide truck parking implementation plan is now available for review. Comments can be provided on the plan through Tuesday, Dec. 19, in the following ways:

Phoenix, AZ 85007

Truck Parking Implementation Plan study documents and a map of the recommended new truck parking locations are available for review on the study website at azdot.gov/TruckParking.


 

Truck drivers asked to provide input on I-10 parking solutions

Truck drivers asked to provide input on I-10 parking solutions

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Truck drivers asked to provide input on I-10 parking solutions

Truck drivers asked to provide input on I-10 parking solutions

By Lisa DeForest / ADOT Communications
October 8, 2020

When we think of essential workers these days, certainly commercial truck drivers are among them.

And after hours on the road, it’s imperative they have a safe place to stop and rest before hitting the highway again. However, when rest stop parking is full, some have a difficult time finding a place to pull over or, even worse, drive fatigued. 

Four states – California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas –  make up the I-10 Corridor Coalition, and as a team are working to find a solution. They’re asking commercial drivers and those in the trucking community to complete a survey to understand what parking challenges are faced along the corridor and help plan a system to help. You can take the truck parking survey here. 

Survey answers will help drive the creation of a Truck Parking Availability System (TPAS), which will monitor open truck parking spots at rest stops along the corridor, and provide this real-time information to truck drivers. Once created, electronic signs would display the number of open parking spaces at 37 public truck stops and rest areas from California to Texas. 

In Arizona, the Department of Transportation is planning to add these improvements at four rest areas along I-10 at locations on both the eastbound and westbound sides of the highway. These include the Bouse Wash, Ehrenberg, Texas Canyon and San Simon rest areas.

Don’t delay! The survey closes Oct. 30, 2020.

For more information about the survey, the I-10 truck parking availability system project or the I-10 Corridor Coalition, visit I10connects.com.

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Truck drivers asked to provide input on I-10 truck parking solutions

Truck drivers asked to provide input on I-10 truck parking solutions

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Truck drivers asked to provide input on I-10 truck parking solutions

Truck drivers asked to provide input on I-10 truck parking solutions

September 29, 2020

PHOENIX -- A survey of commercial vehicle drivers and dispatchers who travel Interstate 10 is underway to better understand the challenges and issues commercial drivers face when seeking parking at locations along the I-10 corridor. 

The I-10 Corridor Coalition, composed of the departments of transportation in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, is conducting a survey through Oct. 30.

Truck drivers and dispatchers are being asked to provide input to help guide the creation of a truck parking availability system (TPAS). The I-10 Corridor Coalition was awarded a $6.85 million U.S. Department of Transportation Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment grant in 2019 to implement an I-10 truck parking availability system along the corridor in the coalition states. 

To complete the survey, commercial drivers and dispatchers can use this survey link (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/I10TPAS2020) or visit  i10connects.com  and go to the TPAS Get Involved page.

The purpose of the I-10 Corridor Coalition project is to implement a truck parking availability detection and information system at 37 public truck parking locations along the I-10 Corridor from California to Texas. This system will provide real-time truck parking information to assist truck drivers and dispatchers in making informed parking decisions, and improve safety, mobility, operational and environmental elements. 

The Arizona Department of Transportation is planning to make improvements at four Arizona rest areas along I-10 at locations on both the eastbound and westbound sides of the highway. Those rest areas include Bouse Wash, Ehrenberg, Texas Canyon and San Simon.

For more information about the survey, the I-10 truck parking availability system project, or the I-10 Corridor Coalition, please visit i10connects.com.

 

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