| Truck Stops/Parking Outside of Metropolitan Areas | |
| Description: This initiative involves the construction or installation of truck stops/parking facilities outside the metropolitan area. These facilities could be used by freight vehicles as staging areas to conduct transshipment activities, as temporary parking locations during peak times, or as waiting areas until designated delivery times. | |
| Targeted mode: Urban deliveries/all traffic | Geographic scope: City |
| Type of initiative: Parking/loading areas management: off-street parking and loading | Primary objective: Reduce congestion |
| Expected costs and level of effort to implement: The planning process requires administrative and management coordination with freight carriers to select the most appropriate locations. Securing the area to establish the stops and parking areas will be costly. Changing policy and adding appropriate signage will carry minor costs; providing security and other services will add costs. | |
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Examples:
 New York Thruway (I-87) Madena Service Area |
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| Related alternatives: 1. New and Upgraded Infrastructure and Intermodal Terminals; 2. Improved Staging Areas; 3. Integrating Freight into Land Use Planning Process |
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| References: Federal Highway Administration 2002; New York Metropolitan Transportation Council 2009 | |
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