Truck Parking Strategy for the East
West Transport Corridor
WP6D Truck Stop with ITS
Activity 1
East West Transport Corridor
Aim of WP 6D
Development of intelligent truck parking system,
including ITS services, to enhance seamless traffic flows
in the corridor
PARTNERS
Danish Road Directorate
Lithuanian Road Administration
Municipality of Karlshamn
Municipality of Karlskrona
Swedish Transport Administration
WP6D Activity 1
Truck stops within the corridor
A general study to evaluate the needs for parking places for trucks
along the corridor
– One part of the task is to identify suitable places for intelligent
parking places for trucks within the corridor
– The study will found out what kind of services the drivers need
and suitable intelligent systems for communication and
information for the freight operators
Current Situation in the Corridor
• Sweden and Denmark have good coverage of possibilities to
stop to follow the driving and resting time regulations
• Lithuania has a more moderate coverage especially outside
the main “nodes”
• Truck stops in a close proximity to larger cities and ports are
often overcrowded and the transport industry and truck drivers
are experiencing increased road crime rates
• Drivers are missing information about where suitable truck
stops are located resulting in daily loss of capacity
Current Situation in the Corridor
European Initiatives Accelerates the
Deployment
• Many ongoing European initiatives are driving the
development of Intelligent Truck Parking
• The most important initiative – ITS Action Plan together with
the ITS Directive
– Two of the six priority actions focus on information
provision and reservation of truck parking areas
• Other ongoing initiatives:
– EasyWay
– SETPOS
– LABEL
National Initiatives in the Corridor
• A lot of national initiatives are ongoing in the corridor examples:
– Feasibility study on public logistics centres in Lithuania
– Pre study on ITS and heavy transports mapping needs
and current projects in Sweden
– Required improvements on truck parking in Denmark to
solve the problems with lack of capacity
Needs and Behaviours of the Drivers
• Needs and Behaviours of drivers based on interviews:
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Needs – Food, fuel, facilities, especially clean toilets
Truck stops should be located adjacent to the main road
Develop/improve information about locations
Drivers are positive to language independent harmonised signs
and navigation systems to receive information about
recommended truck stops
– Reservation possibilities could be of interest for truck stops close
to transfer nodes
– Drivers plan their routes according to Driving and Resting Time
Regulations
Main Challenges
• Capacity of truck parking along the corridor is
missing especially in Lithuania
• Truck stops in a close proximity to larger
cities and ports are often overcrowded with
increasing road crime rates
• The drivers are missing information about
where suitable truck stops are located
ITS Solutions for the Corridor –
Location Information
• Need to develop pre- and on-trip ITS solutions with
location information about the truck parking areas
• It is the responsibility for the Authorities to develop basic
digital information about the location of truck parking
areas
• Add pre-trip information to ferries and truck stops about
suitable truck stops on the continued journey
• The authorities should provide harmonised and language
independent signs to truck parking areas and also
information about distance to the next possible truck
stops
ITS Solutions for the Corridor –
Information on Occupancy Level
• In order to provide for better transport planning, truck
parking areas located in a close proximity to transfer
nodes, such as ports, should provide information on its
occupancy level
• Information should be provided by VMS and also be
available online, so that service providers can create onboard solutions like smart phones applications
ITS Solutions for the Corridor Reservation Systems
• Reservation systems for truck parking aren’t ready for
the market, need to handle some basic issues first;
detection, information to the drivers, etc.
• Experience from France and Germany, problems with
basic solutions of detections
– cannot deliver good and reliable information
• Truck parking reservation is not a priority in the corridor
– better to focus on information systems and development of
good and attractive truck stops
Secure Truck Parking Areas
• A lot of issues around the business case for secure
parking (European experience)
• Transport industries
– high value goods are probably interested in secure parking
– insurance companies or transport buyers do not demand secure
parking - > hauliers will not pay for it
• secure parking have been leaved out for the corridor’s
truck parking strategy as it is not the task of the
authorities
– It is better to focus on safety features like good location and
lights at the truck stops
Truck Stop Guideline
for the Corridor
• The transport systems is not national, it is regional and
European
• To create ONE corridor, the driver should know when to
expect a possibility to stop
• The proposal
– 3 levels to meet different needs
– The truck driver should have the possibility to stop, in
minimum, every 30 kilometre, in the entire corridor
– Each stop should at least have a toilet
Three Levels of Truck Stops
• Level 1: Truck Stop along the main road network with
toilet (Minimum every 30 km) (Suitable for breaks)
• Level 2: Truck Stop with more facilities; Petrol station,
Restaurant. Along the main road network (suitable for
breaks and night rest) (around every 90 km)
• Level 3: Truck Stops around main nodes; more facilities,
lighting, fence, information systems about occupation
level. Management between several stops around nodes
to guide the drivers (suitable for night rest and buffering
traffic around industries and harbours)
Improvements of Truck Stops in the
Corridor
• Based on the strategy following improvements need to
be made
Responsibilities/Roles
• Roles for our proposal of three levels:
– Level 1
• Responsibility of the authority to provide land, toilets and preand on-trip information
– Level 2
• Authorities according to Level 1
• Private operators provide petrol, restautants, shop etc.
– Level 3
• Can be a private operator, located next to a workshop hall,
restaurant, etc. on private land
• Authorities need to provide pre- and on-trip information
Conclusions - Priorities
To outline the results, following priorities, from the authorities’
perspective, are recommended:
1. Analyse the proposed guideline and implement it for the
corridor, especially needed for Lithuania
2. Develop digital basic maps and databases with location
information for pre-trip information solutions
3. Develop on-trip ITS solutions with information about location
and occupancy information, especially around main nodes
4. Make deeper analysis and focus on the nodes to create new
truck parking areas to support the drivers. This should be done
in cooperation with the industry
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