The Future of Truck Parking (Shortage Issue) & HomeTime

https://www.change.org/p/ta-petro-p...age.nafta_milestone_share_ask_victory.control


probably someplace on here

 

I agree about the price; anything over $25 I would get a hotel room. With all the hotel apps out here and google maps to look for parking around the ones I’m looking for; anything over $25 for parking: I would get a hotel room: heck; I’m a girlie girl! Love my bubble baths! Lol

 

Great Idea. It’ll NEVER............pay for itself.

 

Because the idea isn't a really good idea.

The idea that we need something different to enjoy our work and relieve some of the "pressure" off of us is rather a losing proposition for the investors outside of the hype and initial capture of return on the investment. I see it as a flipping of the company once the venture capitalist sees a profit, like a lot of things in this industry that have been screwed by the same scheme.

I see it as a problem with existing system of truck stops NOT to fix it first and ignores the fact we need that over everything else BUT he seems to have impressed many of you by telling us who he knows with the money involved.

That said, the other thing that is a glaring problem and a HUGE RED FLAG is the fact that people who do this stuff for a living, develop properties for exclusive purposes do not go on any forum, boast about what they are doing and then act like they know what's what. They have staff who hire research companies to come up with market position papers and feasibility studies and such which is used to find the needs and gaps in one or another market to leverage. We are the last in the long line of people those companies talk to and they never ever mention money, EVER.

 

The service you need to provide is to the people you despise, the fat-###es and the lazy. The idea is you charge a fee for parking but there are zero trash cans. Instead the truckers are free to toss their piss bottles, crap bags and all the other trash straight out the window onto the lot. You hire a crew of illegal aliens to clean up all the trash and keep the lot tidy. I bet the lots would fill up quick.

 

Seems like there’s a lot more to talk about. Forget the negative and focus on the positive. I’ve been driving since the late 80’s and I have seen the drastic change in this industry and I’m fed up with the truck stops and rest areas being most of everyone’s toilet and bumper trucks!

I’d still pay a premium even if a developer built a secure, safe, clean and paved parking lots with plenty of room between parking stalls instead of squeezing as many trucks into a tiny parking lot as possible.

 

Strictly your opinion.
As for the old system of truck stops much like every thing in this changing world it may be time for a new model of a trucker comfort/ rest area to emerge.
Most times it’s better to move forward with change and improvement instead of beating a dead horse and being stuck in the past like in the case of our current truck stop system.
Think of a facility with a huge parking lot much like the casinos have, secure and under heavy surveillance with many security officers to respond to issues.
Imagine a facility where when people are caught breaking the rules the are promptly ejected and their privileges are revoked.
This could also have the extra benefit of cleaning up the driver pool when a driver can’t get a job anywhere because he has lost his parking privileges rendering him not hire able.