Carrier profile · USDOT 918843 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

TPS Parking Management LLC

DBA THE PARKING SPOT

0 power unitsavg 6.9 yrMulti-region · 13 statesCHICAGO, IL94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linkstheparkingspot.coFMCSA SAFER

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 14.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 402 vehicle and 287 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

8.3% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 8.8 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

396 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 61

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
official FMCSA
Hours-of-Service
0violations
official FMCSA
57%
Driver Fitness
official FMCSA
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
29%
Vehicle Maintenance
official FMCSA

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance87 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance62 · 0 OOS
  • 393.62 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance61 · 43 OOS
  • 393.41 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance47 · 47 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance38 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance21 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 6 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness17 · 17 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 622 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 59 total · 11 in 24 mo

59
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
34
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
20255033
20248056
20234023
20222021
20214034
20203012
20199048
20184023
20174033
20162012
20154022
20142011
20132011
20091001
20062021
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 25, 2026AZ01Yes
Mar 24, 2026GA01Yes
Mar 10, 2026TX00Yes
Dec 8, 2025CO00Yes
Oct 15, 2025TX09No
Oct 14, 2025GA00Yes
Sep 30, 2025MO01Yes
Jan 27, 2025PA01No
Dec 13, 2024MO00Yes
Nov 8, 2024TX00Yes
Sep 25, 2024FL00Yes
Jul 1, 2024TX01Yes
Apr 5, 2024GA02Yes
Mar 6, 2024GA04Yes
Feb 20, 2024TX01No
Jan 24, 2024TX01No
Nov 3, 2023TX01No
May 4, 2023FL00Yes
Mar 11, 2023CO01Yes
Feb 19, 2023GA00Yes
Sep 4, 2022CA01No
Jun 25, 2022PA01Yes
Dec 10, 2021CO01Yes
Apr 19, 2021CO01Yes
Apr 15, 2021NC01Yes