America's hidden $100 billion crisis: How the truck parking shortage costs consumers

Evan Shelley for Truck Parking Club

America's hidden $100 billion crisis: How the truck parking shortage costs consumers

Every night across America, millions of truck drivers face an impossible choice: where to safely park their 70-foot rigs for federally mandated rest breaks when there simply aren't enough legal spaces available. New research reveals this overlooked infrastructure crisis is costing the U.S. economy over $100 billion annually—and driving up prices for virtually every product consumers buy.

The comprehensive study, commissioned by Truck Parking Club , a truck parking marketplace, and conducted by transportation economist Noël Perry using publicly available data from the American Transportation Research Institute, as well as proprietary Truck Parking Club & Transport Fu