Jason’s Law parking survey: Top 10 states in need of more spaces

Since the results of the big Jason’s Law parking report were released last month, I’ve been digging into state-to-state data included there. I’ll be reporting more on what I’ve found in the near future.

Meantime, as results current this morning from this poll probing the current extent of the parking problems nationally suggest, parking is a significant issue daily for most of you.

Where/in what states are your problems most pronounced? Answer the following question with up to three problem states to help guide my analysis of the federal survey data:

If you’re reading on a mobile device, you can follow this link to provide direct input on your biggest problem states.

As for the federal study/survey, it looks at available truck parking in states through a few different statistical metrics. Ranked here find the top ten states, where the dearth of spaces is most pronounced, from least number of spaces per 100,000 miles of annual truck vehicle miles traveled to most.

1) Rhode Island | 31.4 spaces per 100K VMT
**38.5 per 100 miles of NHS — rank: 1
**7.8% public spaces

2) California | 53.7 spaces per 100K VMT
**90.6 per 100 miles of NHS — rank: 14
**6.9% public spaces

3) Tennessee | 54.2 spaces per 100K VMT
**162.6 per 100 miles of NHS — rank: 34
**3% public spaces

4) Delaware | 56.1 spaces per 100K VMT
**70.6 per 100 miles of NHS — rank: 5
**9.5% public spaces

5) Connecticut | 60.2 spaces per 100K VMT
**104.8 per 100 miles of NHS — rank: 20
**18.8% public spaces

6) Washington | 68.5 spaces per 100K VMT
**77.6 per 100 miles of NHS — rank: 11
**33.9% public spaces

7) Utah | 70.1 spaces per 100K VMT
**125.5 per 100 miles of NHS — rank: 26
**8.2% public spaces

8) Florida | 71.2 spaces per 100K VMT
**104.3 per 100 miles of NHS — rank: 19
**27.8% public spaces

9) Maryland | 72.2 spaces per 100K VMT
**129 per 100 miles of NHS — rank: 27
**12.4% public spaces

10) Illinois | 76.9 spaces per 100K VMT
**141.1 per 100 miles of NHS — rank: 29
**8.9% public spaces

SOURCE: 2015 federal Jason’s Law truck-parking survey report

Also included in the rankings are a few other data points measured by DOT in the study for each state, from spaces per 100 miles of National Highway System in the state to the percentage of the spaces that are under public ownership, such as those at rest areas and other public, non-truck-stop facilities.

Many of these states also rank high for parking-space dearth in the per-100-mile measure, and in some states, clearly, the public sphere is doing little to help meet the parking need. Many of the top ten have a relatively low percentage of public spaces available to truckers. Like Tennessee, whose total spaces are just 3 percent publicly facilitated, behind only Alabama and New York for the lowest percentage in that category. The spread of percentages there runs from a low of 2.4 percent all the way beyond 30 percent (Idaho’s total spaces are almost 38 percent publicly facilitated).

But problems in states clearly aren’t limited to those whose public attention to truck parking is large. Washington State has the second highest percentage of total public spaces in its borders, but as a measure of vehicle miles traveled, it still ranks in the top ten (No. 6) among states where spaces are most scarce.

Below, find the full list of 48 continental U.S. states is ranked from lowest to highest by number of truck parking spaces per 100K of truck VMT. And be sure to let us know above in what three states you have the biggest issues.

POLL: How often is finding a parking place a problem for you?

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