A challenge facing many departments of transportation is demand for truck parking. Related to this, truck parking on roadway shoulder or “No Parking” areas is a safety issues. There have been multiple projects related to automatically monitoring truck parking availability and communicating this information to vehicles approaching the area to plan their stops. The purpose of this project is to understand the status of truck parking detection technologies and the options available, explore new concepts for detecting parked vehicles, and understand the use of data to support safe efficient truck movement.
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