Navigating the truck parking challenge: A comprehensive review of strategies, emerging technologies, and future directions

Freight transportation systems play a vital role in the economy of the United States, making adequate truck parking essential for safe and efficient operation. However, a significant gap between truck parking demand and supply has led to challenges, including road safety risks, regulatory non-compliance, operational inefficiencies, and environmental impacts. Despite their importance, comprehensive reviews of potential solutions to truck parking are limited. This study fills this knowledge gap by reviewing current truck parking management approaches with a focus on intelligent truck parking information systems, data prediction models, and parking behavior analysis. The analysis encompasses various technological solutions, including sensing infrastructure, GPS technology, and information dissemination methods. This review also examines emerging solutions in smart parking systems and the potential adoption of these solutions to address truck parking challenges. Furthermore, the current challenges, possible solutions, and future research directions are presented. • Reviews strategies for expanding and maximizing truck parking capacity utilization. • Analyzes ITPIS evolution, including data-driven and predictive system enhancements. • Synthesizes modeling methods and data sources for truck parking pattern analysis. • Explores IoT, ML, and e-truck charging integration in smart parking technologies. • Identifies future research to address truck parking shortages.