Bosch Secure Truck Parking, Infoware GmbH and Toll Collect have announced the bundling of their competencies to improve parking search along Germany’s federal motorways. From now on, Infoware expands its route planning MapTrip Maps and the navigation solution MapTrip Truck and provides dispatchers and drivers with real-time data on the occupancy of public truck rest areas. Both apps now also offer the possibility to directly reserve bookable parking spaces from the Bosch Secure Truck Parking network. The basis for the further development is the new Parking Information Service (SID) from Toll Collect. With the start of the pilot phase in July 2025, the service already provides occupancy data for about half of all public truck rest areas on the federal motorways. Under the newly created brand Bosch Road Services, various digital services for truck traffic are bundled — including Bosch Secure Truck Parking and the new service Bosch Truck Charging.
“With the expanded app features, we create a comprehensive digital process—from viewing real-time occupancy of public parking spaces
to booking secured private parking spaces. This underscores our expanded portfolio. Dispatchers will in the future have full transparency about the situation along the route, and drivers will benefit from less stress, better planning, and more safety,” says Jan-Philipp Weers, Director Bosch Road Services.
Transparency about public and private parking spaces on motorways
Using the SID data, dispatchers and drivers can view in real time whether public parking capacity is available. If these are fully booked, users can directly access free parking spaces at truck stops and company parking lots and reserve them seamlessly. Dispatchers can use the extended features with MapTrip Maps to plan tours even more transparently and efficiently, while truck drivers can access the new information via MapTrip Truck. When a parking space is booked, the drivers receive booking details such as the name and address of the facility automatically through the telematics-system interface to their mobile device via the MapTrip Truck app, the provider outlines further. In the app, available parking spaces are also
displayed sorted by remaining driving time. This reduces stress and pressure in truck parking searches and helps to keep track of the remaining driving time.
Parking Information Service (SID) in the pilot phase
The Stellplatz-Informationsdienst (SID) is a joint project of Toll Collect, the Federal Ministry of Transport (BMV), the Federal Office for Logistics and Mobility (BALM) and the Autobahn GmbH of the Federal Republic (AdB). Since July 1, 2025, occupancy data are initially available in a pilot phase for about 50 percent of the public truck rest areas. These data are provided via the Mobilithek platform and are available for integration to companies such as Infoware GmbH. By the end of 2025, occupancy data for all approximately 1,900 public rest areas on the motorways will be integrated, and at the same time data quality will be continuously improved. The SID data are based on pseudonymized information from the truck toll system and show the actual occupancy in real time. They help reduce search traffic, comply with legal
driving and rest times, and better distribute trucks to available parking spaces.
"When partners such as Bosch Secure Truck Parking and Infoware build on this, we demonstrate the concrete added value that open traffic data can provide—for drivers, for freight companies, and for greater safety on German highways,” says Mark Erichsen, Chairman of Toll Collect’s Management Board.
Efficient dispatch, relaxed drivers
The combination of real-time data and digital booking optimizes route planning. Drivers are guided to free or reserved parking spaces — this makes an important contribution to avoiding unnecessary detours and safety-critical parking. The new solution can be integrated into existing systems or used independently — depending on the company's requirements.
“By integrating Bosch Secure Truck Parking and Toll Collect's SID data, we contribute to solving a central problem in the transport industry: the uncertainty whether a suitable parking space is available at the destination. This is not only a technological advance but a real practical gain for the entire industry,” says Thomas Schulte-Hillen, founder and managing
