The challenge:

• Finding safe parking spots:parking:. Currently, three million drivers compete for just 300,000 spots designated for truck parking, according to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
• Right now, no system exists to advise drivers of available spaces to stop for a break or to take their mandated rest.

The features and benefits of the project:

• 🚚Truckers, freight operators and logistics companies could...
  • Improve safety
  • Reduce delivery costs and increase freight movement connectivity
  • Improve reliability and access to local, regional and international markets
• 🚓Police could...
  • Help direct drivers to available parking areas

How users can get started with the project:

We encourage you to review the data and discover how apps or other solutions could help truckers find open spots.

Ultimate vision:

An application enabling truckers to reserve a spot, even before they leave distribution centers, that will also show parking site amenities from:

• showers:shower:,
• to food options:hamburger:,
• to religious services:church:

Need help?

If you need help, we encourage you to:

• Check out the Contributor's Guide in this repository

Project maintainers

This project is maintained by Jesse Mathews and friends:octocat:. Use of this project under the CC BY-SA 4.0 License.