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| TRUCKSMART | The 2.0 version of TA Petro's app for iPhone and Android devices provides information on parking availability that is updated every two hours, the company says. | MYPILOT | Pilot Flying J's app for iPhone and Android enables a user to select a location from among the company's more than 550 facilities and review amenities and fuel prices. | LOVE'S CONNECT | Available for iPhone, Android and Blackberry devices, Love's app lists the number of parking spaces for each store page. Among other smartphone apps with parking information: • The National Trucker's Service TRUCKSTOP APPS website for the anticipated rollout this summer. The following states are pursu- ing projects enabled by 2010 DOT grant money: Oregon | Working with the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Directory: http://www.dieselboss.com, free; click on "Truckstops, Weigh Sta- tions, Rest Areas." • Truck Stops: http://www.truckstop guide.com, $2.99. • Trucker Tools: http://truckstop coupons.com, provides a directory of diesel-selling locations nationwide, free. • Truckster: provides crowd-sourced information on alternative parking locations nationwide, plus a national directory, free. • TransCore's MyDAT Trucker Services: provides information on nearby truck stops and fuel prices, as well as available loads, free. • AllStays: http://www.allstays.com, Truck & Travel, $3.99; and Overnight Parking Walmart, $1.99. Tribe of Indians, the state is add- ing parking spaces on Interstate 5 in the southern part of the state. The tribe runs a truckstop and rest area and may expand truck parking there. Pennsylvania | Their $2.1 mil- Some truckstops, like this one in northern California, charge for secure parking or exchange parking for fuel and other purchases. lion grant covered an information system to alert truckers to parking availability at rest areas along Inter- state 81. The state DOT is planning testing that will unfold this year before a potential rollout in 2013. Tennessee | The state DOT is still evaluating where to locate intelligent transportation systems with instru- mentation to monitor parking space availability. The state's $800,000 grant originally targeted facilities on Interstate 40. a product of Circle 301 on Reader Service Card or visit truckersnews.hotims.com APRIL 2012 | TRUCKERS NEWS | 15 MAX KVIDERA c ontinued on page 62