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Introduced February 27, 2025 by Mike Bost · Last progress February 27, 2025
The bill invests federal dollars and reporting to expand safe commercial vehicle parking and improve targeting of investments—boosting driver safety and freight reliability—but creates a multi‑hundred‑million dollar federal cost, shifts some ongoing costs to local governments, may distribute benefits unevenly, and excludes public funding for EV/alt‑fuel infrastructure.
Truck drivers and other commercial motor vehicle operators will gain substantially more safe parking options thanks to a new federal grant program ($151M/year), reducing unsafe roadside parking and lowering fatigue-related crash risk.
State and local governments, and businesses that host parking, can build or upgrade commercial vehicle parking and related facilities (with planning/preconstruction support), improving freight routing, reducing congestion, and enhancing supply-chain reliability.
Recurring public reports and coordinated assessments will give states, DOTs, operators, and the public clearer, data-driven visibility into nationwide CMV parking shortages and where investments would be most effective.
All taxpayers bear a new federal cost totaling about $755 million over five years to fund the parking grant program.
Built parking must be provided free to drivers under the program, shifting ongoing operation and maintenance costs onto state and local governments (and potentially local taxpayers).
Competitive, discretionary grants and potential uneven allocation mean not all needy corridors or communities—especially some rural areas—will receive assistance, leaving gaps in coverage.
Based on analysis of 5 sections of legislative text.
Establishes a competitive federal grant program to build, expand, reopen, or improve public parking and related safety features for commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) along or near the Federal-aid highway system. The program defines eligible applicants (states, MPOs, local governments, Tribes and multijurisdictional groups), lists eligible project types (new parking, expanded public parking at truck stops, rest areas, ITS to manage parking, personal safety improvements, truck stop electrification as part of projects), requires public accessibility with no user fees, and bars grant funding for vehicle propulsion fueling/charging construction. The Department of Transportation must publish periodic reports on CMV parking availability and project performance. The bill authorizes $151 million per year for fiscal years 2025–2029 and sets rules on application criteria, allowable uses, and limitations (e.g., up to 25% for planning; limits on promotion-only projects).