IPMI & Member News
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 »
By Vanessa Cummings, CAPP, M.Div. I recently had two separate experiences that reminded me parking is more than just about cars — it is about customer service. I was staying at a downtown hotel in Philadelphia a few weeks ago for a connectional (international) church conference. The meeting drew thousands Read More »
It’s Greatest Hits week on the Parking Matters Blog. We hope you enjoy some highlights of the past year during the last week of 2016. Happy holidays! By Irma Henderson, CAPP Parking professionals often have difficulties explaining what we do to people on the outside. As it is, my family Read More »
By Helen Sullivan Based on the tremendous number of responses to IPI’s Member Survey, if you are reading this post, you’ve probably taken the survey. Thank you! I have to admit I’m a bit of a marketing research nerd, and maybe this is embarrassing, but I’ve peeked at the survey Read More »
By Frank Nagle A quandary for many municipalities with an aging transportation infrastructure—in this instance, public garages—is how to effectively integrate 21st century technology in to properties designed in the 20th century. Such is the case for the City & County of San Francisco. With several of its municipal garages Read More »
By Pierre Koudelka I just purchased new cell phones for my wife and me for Christmas. At the store, the propaganda hasn’t changed. It starts with yelling that these new phones are clearer, faster, brighter, have better sound, take clearer pictures, offer the best apps. It’s the same baloney they Read More »
Searching for a little holiday spirit? Look no further than the Huffington Post UK and their story about what happened this week in a parking lot. Seems a driver had only one option—to park very close to another car. Fearing retribution, the driver left a note on the unoccupied vehicle Read More »
Parking offenders in Abu Dhabi might soon face a little high-tech enforcement thanks to Mawaqif, which manages parking in the United Arab Emirates city. They’re considering installing sensors and cameras that will record when drivers stay in parking spaces past their paid time. Currently in the planning stages, the system Read More »
By Shawn Conrad, CAE While traveling on the West Coast recently, I tuned in to a local radio station in time to catch the morning chatter, which was about—what else?—parking. The conversation wasn’t focused on parking availability or pricing, but instead about an individual parking attendant. The disc jockeys/dee-jays (are Read More »
By Stephanie Santoro People are attached to their cars. When I was a kid, my dad treated his classic vehicles with such care, you’d think they were giant, rare gems. Even though he has dialed it back a notch these days and has reduced his fleet to one vehicle—a very Read More »
