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PHOENIX – The Arizona Department
of Transportation is joining departments of transportation from Texas, New
Mexico and California in seeking a federal grant to develop a program alerting
commercial truck drivers to available public parking at Interstate 10 rest
areas.
Public parking for commercial
vehicles is among the priorities of the I-10 Corridor Coalition, which the
states formed in 2016 to create safer and more efficient travel, both
commercial and personal.
In seeking a $13.7 million Advanced
Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment Grant through
the Federal Highway Administration, the states are proposing a system that
would inform drivers about available parking at rest areas through signs along
I-10.
“When we launched the I-10
Corridor Coalition two years ago, this is exactly the kind of collaboration we
had in mind,” ADOT Director John Halikowski said. “By working together, our
states can create a safer environment on I-10 that will be more efficient for
drivers and boost economies across the region.”
The system would include ADOT rest
areas serving I-10 in each direction at Bouse Wash (milepost 53) and Burnt Well
(milepost 86) in western Arizona, and at Texas Canyon (milepost 320) and San
Simon (milepost 388) in southeastern Arizona.
The program would help commercial
vehicle drivers better plan their daily schedules and reduce the number of
drivers parking on freeway shoulders and along ramps.
It also would improve safety by reducing the number of tired
drivers, reduce time that drivers spend searching for parking spaces and reduce
emissions and fuel consumption.
The I-10 Corridor Coalition is designed to remove “friction”
– such as the variety of commercial vehicle permitting and inspection practices
in each state along I-10 – to move goods more efficiently.
I-10 is the primary trucking route connecting the markets of Southern
California and Texas with international shipping. If the four states were
combined, the region would have the 10th-largest economy in the world.
Learn more about the
I-10 Corridor Coalition at i10Connects.com.
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