IPMI Recognizes Excellence in Parking, Transportation, and Mobility
The International Parking & Mobility Institute’s (IPMI) Awards of Excellence program recognizes parking, mobility, and transportation projects and programs that showcase creativity, innovation, sustainability, and customer experience. The 2025 winners represent outstanding facilities and innovative programs that further the industry. Entries are reviewed by a panel of expert judges from every industry segment and ranked across a wide spectrum of criteria.
“The 2025 Awards of Excellence winners set a new standard for excellence in our industry. Their dedication to innovation, efficiency, and a customer-focused experience highlights the best of parking and mobility today,” said IPMI CEO Shawn D. Conrad, CAE. “Each project and team honored this year plays a vital role in strengthening the communities they serve and advancing the future of parking, transportation, and mobility. We are proud to celebrate their outstanding achievements with these awards.”
The 2025 Apex Awards winners are:
Apex Award for Architectural Design: South State Street Garage, Connecticut Department of Transportation, Stamford, CT, submitted by Walker Consultants.
Apex Award for Facility Design: Mixed-Use: Christian Street Garage, Lancaster Parking Authority, Lancaster, PA, submitted by Walker Consultants.
Apex Award for Facility Design: Stand-Alone: Dublin Transit Center Parking Garage, County of Alameda General Services Agency, Alameda, CA, submitted by McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
Apex Award for Facility Design: Stand-Alone: South State Street Garage, Connecticut Department of Transportation, Stamford, CT, submitted by Walker Consultants
Apex Award for Innovation in a Mobility, Transportation, or Parking Program (sub-category: Mobility Programs & Services): Gopher Bikes, submitted by the University of Minnesota Parking & Transportation Services, Minneapolis, MN.
Apex Award for Innovation in a Mobility, Transportation, or Parking Program (sub-category: Innovation and Technology): Lot Spotters, submitted by the University of Houston, Houston, TX.
Apex Award for Marketing and Communications: We’re Driving Forward with LPR!, submitted by Virginia Commonwealth University Parking and Transportation, Richmond, VA.
Apex Award for Marketing and Communications: Park YYC, YYC Calgary International Airport, submitted by The Calgary Airport Authority, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Apex Award for Marketing and Communications: Parker’s Instagram @buparkingwithparker, submitted by Baylor University Parking and Transportation Services, Waco, TX.
Apex Award for Restoration: Structured Parking Facility: Symphony Park L Garage Expansion, City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, submitted by McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
Apex Award for Restoration: Surface Parking Facility: OPW 53585: Interstate 480 Parking Lot Modification Project, submitted by the City of Omaha, NE.
This year’s Honorable Mention recipients are:
Honorable Mention for Facility Design: Stand-Alone:
Butterworth Hospital South Employee Parking Structure, Corewell Health, Grand Rapids, MI, submitted by FISHBECK.
Mount Sinai Medical Center Employee Parking Garage, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL, submitted by KVC Constructors, Inc.
Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD) Parking Structure, Sioux Falls Regional Airport Authority, Sioux Falls, SD, submitted by Kimley-Horn.
Honorable Mention for Innovation in a Mobility, Transportation, or Parking Program (sub-category: Innovation and Technology):
Tigers Commute Unified Mobility Platform, submitted by Clemson University, Clemson, SC.
Parking and Mobility Ecosystem Project, submitted by the City of Omaha, NE.
Guided Enforcement with Real-Time Occupancy and Payment Data and a Digitized Curb, City of Bend, OR, submitted by Cleverciti Systems Corp.
ParkBethlehem Parking Management Initiative, submitted by the Bethlehem Parking Authority and THA Consulting, Inc.
Honorable Mention for Innovation in a Mobility, Transportation, or Parking Program (sub-category: Human Resources): Coaching for Success Workshop, submitted by LAZ Parking.
Honorable Mention for Marketing and Communications:
University of Wisconsin-Madison Student Bus Pass Marketing Campaign, submitted by UW-Madison Transportation Services, Madison, WI.
Don't Be a Chicken, Be a Gamecock! Campaign, submitted by the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
Green December Campaign, submitted by PayByPhone.
Honorable Mention for Restoration: Structured Parking Facility: Broadway Parking Garage, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, submitted by THP Limited.
This year’s award winners will be featured in the June issue of Parking & Mobility magazine. They will be honored in person at the 2025 IPMI Parking & Mobility Conference & Expo, June 8-11 in Louisville, KY. The 2026 IPMI Awards of Excellence competition will open in September 2025. Please visit IPMI’s website for details.
About IPMI
The International Parking & Mobility Institute (IPMI) is the world’s largest association of professionals in parking, mobility, and transportation. IPMI works to advance the parking and mobility profession through professional development, certification, research and data collection, advocacy, and community building. With experts worldwide in dozens of specialties, IPMI helps parking, mobility, and transportation function efficiently so people, businesses, and communities can keep moving.
