AscendTMS Enables Users To Make Parking Reservations Within TMS The American Transportation Research Institute's (ATRI) Critical Issues in the Trucking Industry 2018 survey found that 48.7% of respondents said the parking shortage leads them to park on ramps or the side of the highway between three and five times a week. About 40% spend an hour or more looking for a place to park. TruckPark was founded to change this. Now, InMotion Global's AscendTMS transportation management system has incorporated TruckPark's reservation system into its TMS, giving drivers, carriers, dispatchers and even brokers the opportunity to make a parking reservation without leaving the TMS. "The key to making driver parking reservations is saving the spaces well before someone else does. This agreement with TruckPark is a first for any TMS provider in that it allows the dispatcher to make the reservation for the driver while he or she is driving, hours before it even crosses the driver's mind," Bert Goo, executive vice president of partnerships and channel marketing at AscendTMS, explained. "This partnership allows the dispatcher to help their drivers out by seeing all the forward-looking parking spaces available based on the driver's current location, their hours of service available, and their average speed." The option was formally announced on Wednesday.