SJR89 Summary

• Expresses legislative support for investment and development of truck parking infrastructure in Alabama.

• Identifies critical truck parking shortage in Alabama, noting trucking employs over 125,000 Alabamians and moves 81 percent of manufactured tonnage statewide.

• Documents that unsafe parking practices result from drivers' inability to find legal parking while complying with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Hours of Service rules.

• References Alabama Department of Transportation's 2022 Freight Plan projecting truck parking demand will increase by at least 55 percent by 2025 without additional capacity.

• Urges Alabama Department of Transportation to invest available state and federal resources to expand truck parking capacity at identified shortage locations.