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Managing and Thriving Amid Disruption

Line drawing of man jumping over missing step in staircaseBy Brett Wood, CAPP, PE

The past 15 months have taught us many valuable lessons, including some aroudn increased awareness and adapting to change. Our industry has certainly managed this change in its own unique way, with parking and mobility programs implementing improvements that were rooted in being proactive and using policy, operations, technology, and service as a means of strengthening our communities and promoting wellness and accessibility without compromising safety.

As we leave the final stages of the pandemic and move into the full stages of recovery, the lessons learned from the pandemic era will serve us well as we encounter new and different disruptions along the way. From the immediate effects of changing commutes to the longer-term impacts of climate change and a transportation system shifting to autonomy and shared-fleet services, our industry will continue to face disruption. And the last year has proven we don’t really know what’s in store for us.

At next week’s virtual IPMI Mobility and Innovation Summit, the IPMI Research & Innovation Task Force has assembled a panel of parking and mobility professionals who are facing immediate and long-term disruptions head on and moving their communities forward with transformational projects, pilots, and policy changes:

  • Jeff Petry from Eugene, Ore., is implementing community-based changes to promote equity in the community and support re-opening efforts.
  • Phil Garcia of Facebook is preparing the campus for a return to work with innovative practices to support changing commutes.
  • Perry Eggleston, CAPP, DPA, of UC Davis is implementing a new payment structure rooted in transportation demand management and flexible options for changing commutes.

We hope you’ll join us for the Summit and this particular discussion on Wednesday June 30, at 4:15 p.m. Eastern. And we hope you’ll continue to prepare yourself and your community for change in a positive way!

Brett Wood, CAPP, PE, is president of Wood Solutions Group.

September 1, 2021: Free Online Shoptalk: Hospital/Medical Center Parking and Mobility: Unique Challenges and Solutions

Hospital/Medical Center Parking and Mobility: Unique Challenges and Solutions, Moderated by George Richardson, CAPP, UF Health Shands Hospital

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Join IPMI for our next online Shoptalk addressing the parking, transportation, and mobility industry’s response and recovery planning. Open to all, join us for discussions centered on best practices, next steps, and the challenges ahead.

Free Online Shoptalk: Curb Management in the Real World: Case Studies and Conversation, Moderated by Robert Ferrin and Brandy Stanley, CAPP

Curb Management in the Real World: Case Studies and Conversation, Moderated by Robert Ferrin, City of Columbus, Ohio and Brandy Stanley, CAPP, City of Las Vegas Parking Services


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Join IPMI for our next online Shoptalk addressing the parking, transportation, and mobility industry’s response and recovery planning. Open to all, join us for discussions centered on best practices, next steps, and the challenges ahead.

Curbside management continued its leap to prominence even as COVID-19 decimated traditional parking demand. From deliveries to passenger pick-up and drop-off to restaurant and retail curbside service, on-street dining, public transit and beyond, managing who uses the curb, for how long, and sometimes for how much—and how drivers can plan for it—is a big priority in cities and operations around the world. Join us for real-world case studies from Columbus, Ohio, and Las Vegas, Nev., including great ideas that worked, the technology coming to the forefront, lessons learned, and beyond.


Moderators

Robert Ferrin

As Assistant Director for Parking Services, Robert Ferrin oversees the administration, enforcement, operations, and management of public parking for the City of Columbus, Ohio. In June 2019, he was elected to the International Parking and Mobility Institute (IPMI) Board of Directors. Robert moved to Columbus in late 2017 from Colorado, where he spent nearly seven years working in various parking leadership roles with the City and County of Denver as their Manager of On-Street Programs and the City of Aurora as their Parking & Mobility Manager. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in geography.

Brandy Stanley, CAPP

Brandy Stanley, CAPP, has served as the Parking Services Manager for the city of Las Vegas since 2011 and has been in parking for almost 30 years. In this role, she oversees all aspects of the city’s parking system including the operation of parking meters, enforcement, collections, off-street facility management, and contract negotiations. She is also responsible for technology evaluation and implementation, supporting new development with parking expertise, and setting the direction and mission for how the parking system can best support the city’s economic development goals. Brandy earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Washington and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.

Free Online Shoptalk: Airports: Short- and Long-term Recovery Moderated by Matt Sherwood, CM – MWAA

Airports: Short- and Long-term Recovery Moderated by Matt Sherwood, CM, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority – MWAA


March 3, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET

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Free to all industry professionals. 

Join IPMI for our next online Shoptalk addressing the parking, transportation, and mobility industry’s response and recovery planning. Open to all, join us for discussions centered on best practices, next steps, and the challenges ahead.


Shoptalk Summary 

With COVID-19 vaccines becoming more widely available and life—and travel—returning to something resembling normal, airports are seeing more traffic, which means more people parking and using mobility options. Recovery is in sight.

Join us to talk about how airport parking and transportation operations are recovering: What’s going back to “normal,” and what new technologies, practices, and ways of doing things will stay permanent. Bring your challenges, solutions so far, questions, and observations for an open roundtable discussion.

Submit your questions and thoughts for the discussion on the registration page.


Matthew Sherwood, C.M., Metropolitan Washing Airport Authority – MWAA

Matt Sherwood is a revenue strategy program manager for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, whose mission is to develop, promote, and safely operate Reagan National and Dulles International airports. He has been in the parking and ground transportation industry for 15 years. Matt is part of the team that is responsible for managing the airports’ commercial parking portfolio and his primary focus is consumer strategy, enhancing the customer experience, revenue optimization, and pricing.

He is actively involved in the industry and is currently serving on IPMI’s Technology Committee and Awards of Excellence Committee.

Free Online Shoptalk: Data-driven Parking and Mobility Management Moderated by Kevin White, AICP, Walker Consultants

Data-driven Parking and Mobility Management Moderated by Kevin White, AICP, Walker Consultants


May 5, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET

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Free to all industry professionals. 

Join IPMI for our next online Shoptalk addressing the parking, transportation, and mobility industry’s response and recovery planning. Open to all, join us for discussions centered on best practices, next steps, and the challenges ahead.


Shoptalk Summary 

From its evolution as a buzzword to part of daily operations, data has grown into a critical part of both regular business and planning for the future—and no more so than in a time of great change for parking and mobility. We’ll talk about how parking organizations are collecting, analyzing, and using data; what kinds of data they’re using; and how they’ve set up their staff to collect, analyze, and use data for right-now and the future—practical solutions and demystifying data-driven parking management. We’ll also talk about several case studies from real organizations and have an open, roundtable discussion with questions and answers.

Submit your questions and thoughts for the discussion on the registration page.


Kevin White, AICP, Walker Consultants

Kevin White is a parking and mobility planner and consultant for Walker Consultants based in their Minneapolis, Minn., office. He specializes in parking and mobility planning, curbside management, and transportation demand management, with a focus on policy and user behavior and integrating all modes of transportation. Kevin is passionate about solving site circulation and parking challenges on campuses and in cities by integrating a blend of infrastructure, program, and policy strategies that promote access for all types of users. He strives to create planning processes that are meaningful and informative, with a focus on stakeholder transparency and the use of data and visualizations to tell a story, generate ideas, and gain consensus.

Free Online Shoptalk: Touchless Technology: The Latest Updates and Case Studies. Moderated by David Hoyt

Touchless Technology: The Latest Updates and Case Studies. Moderated by David Hoyt


April 7, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET

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Free to all industry professionals.

Join IPMI for our next online Shoptalk addressing the parking, transportation, and mobility industry’s response and recovery planning. Open to all, join us for discussions centered on best practices, next steps, and the challenges ahead.


Shoptalk Summary 

Challenges sometimes present opportunity and that’s definitely true in the parking and mobility industry. Touchless technology saw huge demand and growth in 2020 due to COVID-19 and a desire to put patrons’ minds at ease as they made their way through cities, campuses, medical facilities, airports, and other parking areas.

Join IPMI members to hear case studies of touchless technology implementation, learn where the technology is going (and how far it’s come), share your own successes and challenges, and ask questions of our experts.

Submit your questions and thoughts for the discussion on the registration page.


David Hoyt, SVP, Sales and Account Management, ParkMobile

David Hoyt, a parking and transportation professional with more than 20 years of expertise, manages sales and partnerships at ParkMobile.  Prior to joining Parkmobile, he was national account manager for T2 Systems, responsible for sales and client relations in the Southeast U.S., Caribbean, and strategic accounts. David began his parking career with Standard Parking, where he worked for 13 years and served as vice president of operations, managing the company’s portfolio of municipal and private parking operations throughout the State of Florida.

 

Free Online Shoptalk: The University Environment: Planning for Spring and What’s Changed, Moderated by Brett Wood, PE, CAPP

The University Environment: Planning for Spring and What’s Changed, Moderated by Brett Wood, PE, CAPP


January 6, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET

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Free to all industry professionals. Registration coming soon.

Join IPMI for our next online Shoptalk addressing the parking, transportation, and mobility industry’s response and recovery planning. Open to all, join us for discussions centered on best practices, next steps, and the challenges ahead.


Shoptalk Summary 

Universities have walked a long road since March 2020. With some planning to welcome students back—at all or in larger numbers—for the spring 2021 semester and some still operating mainly or entirely remotely, the road to recovery can still be uncertain.

This open roundtable discussion will include results of the IPMI’s Research and Innovation Task Force’s research paper: Academic Parking-Mobility’s Response to COVID-19. Bring your challenges, your solutions, and your questions and ideas as we talk about flexible permits, mobility options, revenue recovery, staffing, and other issues universities face this spring.

Submit your questions and thoughts for the discussion on the registration page.


Brett Wood, PE, CAPP, Wood Solutions Group 

Brett Wood, CAPP, P.E. of Wood Solutions Group is a recognized industry expert in right-sized parking systems, parking management, and implementation of progressive parking policies. Throughout his 15-year career, he has been at the forefront of parking program design and the creation of innovative parking management practices. He’s worked with municipalities and campuses throughout the country to help create programs structured around community goals, customer service, and improving the overall vitality of the communities and campuses he serves.

Member News: Walker Consultants Shares New Guide: Curbs, Streets and Parking for Reopening

Walker Consultants presents Curbs, Streets and Parking for Reopening, a guide for communities to use these spaces to aid in pandemic response.

As cities and states begin to lift stay-at-home orders related to COVID-19, there will be a phased reopening of business and other institutions. Physical distancing will continue to remain especially important. As restaurants and retail begin to reopen, new measures will need to be taken to ensure customers, visitors, and employees can maintain adequate physical distancing.

This guide highlights ways for cities and communities to re-purpose their curbs, streets and parking to create more space for people. To ensure these efforts adequately consider the needs of business, customers, and residents—and are community appropriate and equitable—careful and considerate planning of public right-of-way will be essential.

Want to talk to a Walker Consultants expert about managing your curb? Contact Chrissy Mancini Nichols, Walker’s curb management lead.

Read the guide now (PDF).