IPMI & Member News
By Vanessa Solesbee As parking professionals, engaging the communities we serve in meaningful dialogue about their parking preferences and experiences is an undeniably important of our work. Many of us have learned the hard way that if decisions are made behind closed doors, our proposed projects, policy recommendations, and/or initiatives Read More »
Everyone loves a good video, right? They pop up on your Facebook feed, maybe shared by a friend who liked it, and we get to see and experience a slice of life. Sometimes sad, sometimes funny, and sometimes uplifting — the medium of video speaks to all of us, even Read More »
By Gorm Tuxen There has always been a clear separation between private and public parking. Parking facilities have traditionally been either private and public—it has generally been difficult to permit private parking at certain times and public parking at other times in the same facility. However, modern vehicle access control Read More »
Daniel Lassiter, CAPP, wasn’t thinking about work when he set out to teach his daughter how to fly fish, but it soon became apparent that the lessons of the river applied to parking as well: build trust, develop standards, organize, make decisions, delegate, take action, coach, and align performance for Read More »
By Nicole Chinea, CAPP There have been three distinct paths of my parking career that have led me to my current position in this multifaceted and awesome industry. I was on the owner side for the majority of my career. This involved being the mover, shaker, decision-maker, and such. During Read More »
“You’ve won the Nobel Prize. What are you going to do now?” “Claim my reserved parking space!” Sound far-fetched? It’s actually not—check out this story about coveted reserved spaces for Nobel winners at the University of California, Berkeley. There’s a whole row of spots just for Nobel Laureates and they Read More »
By Bonnie Watts, CEM We’re just past the time of year where many of us rush to finish holiday shopping and errands and from one commitment to the next where businesses are hosting us at appreciation events and cocktail parties. The mailbox begins to fill up with greetings and expressions Read More »
By Stephanie Santoro What are the best ways to encourage and enable ridesharing among drivers? Smartphone apps? Eco-friendly vehicle incentives? Urban planning? Cooperative programs between public transportation and private vehicle owners? I know I’d be first in line to carpool with a work buddy who had the self-flying smart car Read More »
By Vanessa R. Cummings We parking professionals are unique in our passion for parking and transportation. We find ourselves more bothered by illegal parkers than the average person and do not follow the rationale of the perpetrators, who have stories as to why they were only parked for a few Read More »
Tiffany James, communications manager with the Parking Authority of Baltimore City, liked Robert Fries’s recent post about some great garage art in Virginia Beach so much that she sent us a note about her new installation up the highway. The parking authority installed a photographic mural outside a garage near Read More »
By Nichole Crossland I live in Houston, a city with a longstanding reputation for big trucks, long drives, and traffic jams. I grew up here and left in 2003 to pursue an environmental degree on the West Coast. To my pleasant surprise, when I returned in 2014, I came home Read More »
By Casey Jones, CAPP An epidural steroidal injection to the lumbar 5 sacral 1 area. That’s what my doctor prescribed to treat a tear in the tissue around a disk in my back. Probably from too much running, he said. As I lay waiting for the procedure to begin I Read More »
