Accredited Parking Organization (APO) is a designation for parking, transportation, and mobility organizations that have achieved a comprehensive standard of excellence.
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The International Parking & Mobility Institute (IPMI) is the largest community for parking, transportation, and mobility professionals in the world. We welcome you to our community, where you will have access to best-in-class learning, a powerful network, and tools you need for success.
Mobi the Parking Unicorn is the IPMI Parking & Mobility AI Assistant, ready to help you find answers to your most pressing parking, transportation, and mobility questions. Mobi has been trained using the valuable content, resources, and data that IPMI offers its members, and can help your parking and mobility operation thrive.
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IPMI members maximize their access to our unparalleled network and community of parking, transportation, and mobility professionals and organizations.
With cutting edge-research and publications, members gain the information and expertise they need to streamline and advance their operations.
Learning opportunities include in-person events like the annual Conference & Expo and Leadership Summit, live virtual events, a comprehensive library of on-demand courses, and certificates and credentials.
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Open to members from academic institutions. Register for the free higher education members-only roundtable and ask for advice about your own situation, offer your expertise, and connect with others facing similar challenges.
Parksmart Advisors lead clients through the GBCI certification process for high-performing, sustainable parking structure design and construction. Offered by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) and Green Business Certification Institute (GBCI) alongside the suite of LEED rating systems, Parksmart is the only rating system dedicated to improving the quality and performance of parking structures. As a unique building type, these structures offer unique opportunities to drive greater sustainability practices and outcomes at the intersection of parking, transportation, and mobility.
Every parking structure has a maximum capacity, and so does every leader. When a leader’s cognitive capacity is “full,” the team experiences “gridlock.” This session uses simple, relatable analogies to show how a leader’s unseen stress translates into measurable team problems like inconsistency, high anxiety, and staff turnover. We will provide practical tools—like the 3-Point Clarity Check and the Refuel Protocol—to help
San Diego, CA — EnSight Technologies has been selected to deliver a vision-based parking occupancy management and guidance system for a new parking garage at Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS). The system will help thousands of employees and visitors quickly locate available parking, improving traffic flow and reducing search times across the facility.
Los Angeles, CA – Get My Parking (GMP), a global leader in smart parking and mobility software, announced the appointment of James Rule as Vice President of Customer Success, North America.
DASH (Alexandria Transit) is proud to announce the start of construction on the first on-route electric bus chargers in the City of Alexandria, Northern Virginia, and the Washington DC metropolitan region.
Professional Development
Accredited Parking Organization (APO) is a designation for parking, transportation, and mobility organizations that have achieved a comprehensive standard of excellence.
IPMI offers industry-leading certification that places those who earn the designations as the leaders of the profession. The PTMP credential is respected worldwide as the leading parking and mobility credential.
The IPMI Conference & Expo brings together professionals representing every level of experience and segment of the parking, transportation, and mobility industry. The event delivers four days of exceptional education, the largest display of parking- and mobility-specific technology and innovations, networking, and the opportunity to connect with a global community – to advance the industry.
Employees are an organization’s most valuable asset. An investment in staff training and education brings a high rate of return in job performance and satisfaction. IPMI offers custom, agency-specific trainings on these topics for your staff. Our training team is made up of industry veterans who can help your organization soar.
Parking Enforcement & Compliance Professional™ (PECP) is the next step in your career path as a parking enforcement professional.
Virtual education includes live online training in the form of webinars, Frontline training , and instructor-led learning courses. IPMI also offers a robust online library for on-demand learning.
Enhance your visibility and increase your bottom line with IPMI’s publications, platforms, and events.
Work with the IPMI team to create a customized package to reach your target audience and exceed your sales goals.
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The IPMI Conference & Expo is always one of the highlights of the year. IPMI brings together parking operators, consultants, universities, technology providers, municipalities, and mobility professionals from across North America to share ideas, debate challenges, and discuss where the industry is heading. The bonus was that Milwaukee was such a cool city!
I walked into my first IPMI conference not entirely sure what to expect. Being a newbie to the parking industry, I had been a bit tongue-in-cheek when I touted to my friends that I’d be going to this conference “IPMI is huge in the parking industry, trust me guys.”
In every parking operation, there is a subtle but essential choreography unfolding each day—the work of customer service representatives. These professionals perform a delicate dance between policy and empathy, structure and flexibility, enforcement and understanding.
Diane presented her “Thrive by Design” framework, centered on Vision, Voice, Value, and Velocity. Participants reflected on factors that drive career success, identified barriers that may be limiting their growth, and learned how to reframe those beliefs. Through a case study, Diane highlighted the importance of self-promotion and strategic networking in increasing professional visibility and opportunities. The session concluded with resources for identifying personal strengths and guidance on building effective professional networks.
Dynamic pricing is transforming the parking industry, but what happens to the humble reservation when rates change by the minute? For most operators, a “reservation” has always been a simple pre-purchase: a customer pays a fixed rate and parks later. That model made sense in a world of static pricing. But as AI-driven pricing engines, real-time occupancy data, and gateless systems become the norm, selling a fixed-price booking days or weeks in advance creates real tension. Operators must choose: honor the original rate and leave revenue on the table or embrace fully dynamic pricing and risk alienating customers who value certainty.
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