Call me crazy . . . .

Illegal parking is a good revenue source for states and municipalities.
Trucking companies are aware of the problem but their hands are tied due to mandatory Elogs.
States can help by allowing breaks in rest areas and weigh stations, but really couldn't care less.
Truck stops can only do so much because land and permits are expensive.

 

Unless there is a high demand in the area and a truckstop can charge enough to park to pay for itself, there is no real incentive for them to build and maintain , much parking.
There are some areas, that will not let anyone build a truckstop under any circumstances, there is even cities that have bought them out strictly to get rid of them.

 

The truckstops have zero incentive to expand parking because many don’t spend any money in the store. They simply use the parking place and leave their trash behind.

 

Truck drivers don’t spend money so a paybto park model is the only way to monetize the idea.....and they only pay to park out of desperation but just for fun let’s do some math.

100 parking spots x $25 x 365 nights = $912,000 annual gross revenue. What would it cost to buy a 15 acre lot in a major metropolitan area?

 

Finding 15 acres in a major area would be one thing, and a lot of that stuff sell by the square foot,
I don't think too many places are getting 25 bucks parking though either., just a few and probably on the smaller side could get that price.

 

If everyone spent what I spend at truck stops, all truck stops would go out of business.

That is, if they actually relied on what I bought at the store or for a parking space.
They make their money on fuel sales and in the shop, for the most part, from what I can see.

 

Okay, you're crazy.

 

Yep

 

Yep

 

The very reason that very few truckstops exist anymore, drivers decided we needed fuel stops instead.