Description: These data represent the known truck parking facilities in the State of NJ. Trucks move the vast majority of freight in the state making truck parking facilities a critical component of the freight system. Drivers need access to adequate, safe and secure rest and service stops.Truck parking is critical to goods movement in New Jersey and across the United States. Increased truck traffic and restrictions on the number of hours drivers can be on the road are increasing demand and exacerbating the nationwide truck parking shortage. New Jersey is one of 18 states that reported the most severe parking shortages, according to a 2015 federal survey, and the State of New Jersey Freight Plan identifies the need to ensure sufficient and safe truck parking as a critical issue.
Copyright Text: New Jersey Department of Transportation