© Nataliia Katrushenko, Senior Lecturer,
ORCID: 0000-0003-4810-9649, e-mail: n.katrushenko@gmail.com;
© Oleksandr Dobrovolskyi, Candidate of Science in Engineering, Associate Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering,
ORCID: 0000-0003-0048-1388,
e-mail: dobrovolskiy@ntu.edu.ua
(National Transport University)
STUDY OF THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES’ EXPERIENCE REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF PARKING AND REST AREAS FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES DOI: 10.33868/0365-8392-2024-4-281-2-8
Abstract. In the context of the creation of a safely functioning and efficient transport complex of Ukraine integrated into the world transport network, the issue of increasing the level of road transport safety arises. In this regard, there is a need to develop the transport infrastructures’ elements. Parking and rest areas for commercial vehicles require a special attention. The analysis of the situation in Ukraine regarding the development of the specified element of the infrastructure shows that most of the parking and rest areas for commercial vehicles available in the country do not meet even the lowest rating in terms of comfort and safety. However, the general lack of the specially equipped places for parking vehicles for the period of the breaks/rests is the most acute issue. To determine the vector of this element of transport infrastruc-ture’s development, the experience of European countries is studied. The studies show that an extensive network of parking and rest areas for commercial vehicles operates on the Trans-European Road Network (TERN). All of them differ in the estimated number of parking spaces, the level of service, com-fort and security. Even the simplest parking and rest areas for drivers are equipped with a toilet and a water tap. However, even if the conditions for the level of service are created in the parking and rest area, which ensure normal social well-being of the human, there is a need to increase the level of safety and security in the parking itself. In this regard, the European Commission conducted a study on Safe and Secure truck Parking Areas (SSTPAs) and proposed a new parking standard called the EU-Parking Standard. In accordance with the European legislation, EU Member States shall ensure that by 31 December 2050 safe and secure parking and rest areas are available on the comprehensive network at a maximum distance of 100 km from each other. Keywords: transport infrastructure, parking and rest areas for commercial vehicles, road haulage safety, mode of work and rest of the driver, rest period, break, Trans-European Road Network (TERN), Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). References 1. Sabanska, O. (2020). Aspects of Safe and Secure Truck Parking Areas Development in Europe and their Impact on Road Safety and Folloving the Social Condi-tions, A Scientific and Industrial Journal the Avtoshliakhovyk Ukrayiny DOI:10.33868/0365-8392, p. 27−33. Retrieved from http://journal.insat.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/4_2020.pdf 2. Katrushenko, N., Dobrovolskyi, O. (2024). The Network of Parking for Commercial Transport: the State and the Prospects of the Development, Automo-bile Roads and Road Construction. Scientific and Tech-nical Collection, issue 116.1. Kyiv, 2024, accepted for publication. Retrieved from http://addb.ntu.edu.ua/index.html 3. Katrushenko, N., Dobrovolskyi, O. (2024). Indi-vidual Factors’ Determination of Influence on Safety of International Road Transportation. Materials of the XІІ International Scientific and Technical Internet-Conference “Problems and Prospects of Development of Automobile Transport”, April 16-18, 2024, p. 131−132. Retrieved from https://atmconf.vntu.edu.ua/materialy2024.pdf 4. EP. (2024). Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024. Retrieved from http://publications.europa.eu/resource/cellar/cc3395a5-3516-11ef-b441-01aa75ed71a1.0006.03/DOC_1 5. EP. (2006)/Consolidated text: Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport and amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 3821/85 and (EC) No 2135/98 and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 (Text with EEA relevance). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02006R0561-20240522 6. EC. (2019). Study on Safe and Secure Parking Places for Trucks. https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/d89d1818-4f81-11e9-a8ed-01aa75ed71a1. 7. Hans Visser, Aad van den Engel. (2007). Study on the feasibility of organising a network of secured parking areas for road transport operators on the Trans European Road Network. FINAL REPORT. https://temis.documentation.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/docs/Temis/0062/Temis-0062010/17496.pdf. 8. Esporg. (2024). Technical specifications. https://esporg.eu/eu-parking-standard/. 9. EU-Parking. (2024). https://eu-parkings.eu/sstpas/sstpas-list/