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While car parking is required in most local ordinances and integral to basic community or city design, commercial truck parking is often illegal in those same areas. With insufficient or nonexistent sanctioned commercial truck parking, illegal parking in dense areas like Queens, New York, is commonplace (and highly controversial).

For many commercial truckers, the only alternative to illegal parking is to keep driving—oftentimes further than the 11-hour limit set by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. To solve the crisis, more truck parking is needed. But whose responsibility is it to figure that out—and pay for it? Truck Parking Club dug into the semitruck parking crisis in the U.S. and explored who's responsible for coming up with—and paying for—the solutions.

Every day, the average American uses products that were at some point transported by a semitruck. These trucks travel hundreds of miles, accounting for moving more than 73% of goods in the U.S. by value. Despite being vital to the nation's economy, however, these inconveniently large vehicles are kept out of sight and out of mind. That means when it comes to parking (and resting), the drivers responsible for transporting essential goods are faced with significant challenges.

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