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22 www.studentdriverplacement.com December '14 A system that will use road signs, smart- phone apps, web- sites and in-cab messag- ŝŶŐƚŽĂůůŽǁĚƌŝǀĞƌƐƚŽĮŶĚ parking availability in real ƟŵĞƚŽŽŬĂƐƚĞƉƚŽǁĂƌĚŶĂͲ ƟŽŶǁŝĚĞ ĚĞƉůŽLJŵĞŶƚ͕ ĂŶͲ ŶŽƵŶĐĞĚŝŶĨƌĂƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞĮƌŵ HNTB. The group says it has partnered with Truck Smart Parking Services Inc. to expand a system it recently deployed in Michigan. The Truck Parking Information and Management Sys- WHPDVLW·VFDOOHGXVHVGLJLWDOFDPHUDVDQG sensors to collect data at both public and private facilities to track parking availability in real-time, HTNB says. Parking availability then is displayed on roadsigns, in a smartphone app, in-cab PHVVDJLQJV\VWHPVDQGRQ7636·ZHEVLWH In addition to rest areas, HNTB says it has agreements with truck stops to allow them to collect data via cameras and sen- sors there, too. HNTB and TSPS announced recently they had deployed the system along a 129- mile stretch of I-94 in Michigan. That corridor has one of the highest vol- XPHVRIWUXFNWUDIÀFLQWKHUHJLRQ+17% says, with about 10,000 trucks using the stretch of highway daily. However, there are only 158 parking spaces along those 129 miles, HNTB says. The system is in a preliminary phase through December and is acting as a test to an expanded rollout, HNTB says. No information about the timing of the nationwide expansion was offered, but HNTB project manager Eric Morris said the system is scal- able and can be deployed "quickly DQGHIÀFLHQWO\µDWERWKSXEOLFDQG private facilities. "Our ultimate vision is a ubiquitous multi-state corridor- focused network that covers a truck- HUV·URXWHIURPRULJLQWRGHVWLQDWLRQµ he said. X |Feature | National 'smart truck parking' system in the works, will show real-time parking info