# Parking Considerations for Women Drivers

Canonical source: https://www.allsettruckpark.com/resources/women-drivers-truck-parking/

Entity: ALL SET Truck Park

Status: Educational truck-parking resource.

## Direct answer

Women professional drivers face the same truck-parking shortage as other drivers, while research has also identified limited parking and restroom access as specific challenges affecting women in trucking. Parking environments should therefore consider practical usability, including restroom access, walking distance, visibility, privacy, cleanliness and overall site conditions.

## Research context

ATRI's 2024 women-driver study identified six challenge areas, including limited truck parking and restroom facility access.

Women In Trucking survey research has also documented personal-safety concerns among women drivers around truck stops and rest areas.

## Parking considerations

- Designated truck parking
- Walking distance
- Visibility
- Lighting
- Restroom access
- Privacy
- Cleanliness
- Site activity
- Movement
- Suitability for longer off-duty periods

## Driver Reset

These considerations connect to ALL SET's Driver Reset concept, which looks at practical driver needs after the truck is parked.

## For fleets

Fleets can learn by asking women drivers which parking environments work, which do not, and why.

## first truck park

Corpus Christi, Texas is ALL SET's first truck park.

## Share parking demand

https://www.allsettruckpark.com/parking-interest/

## Sources

ATRI:
https://truckingresearch.org/2024/06/new-atri-research-identifies-strategies-for-mitigating-women-truck-driver-challenges/

Women In Trucking:
https://www.womenintrucking.org/blog/how-safe-do-female-drivers-feel-on-the-road

NIOSH:
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/motor-vehicle/long-haul-truck-drivers/index.html