Articles from January, 2004.
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A Pay-and-Display Payoff in Portland
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Theresa Hagerty
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The city of Portland, OR, recently made a smooth transition to multiple-space SmartMeters that enabled it to quickly increase parking revenues by 25 percent to 30 percent...
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A Shade Above the Rest
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B.J. Hobbs
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In today's competitive commercial office market, every amenity is important...
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A Super Garage ... and a Disaster
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Before I get into my normal harassment of a parking operator, note that the other day I audited a garage in New York and found no problems...
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Are You Hiring Terrorists?
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Louis Rovner, Ph.D.
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Editor's note: The following is not meant to frighten you or increase your level of paranoia, but simply to raise your consciousness...
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Finally, No Eating Crow and a Message to Manufacturers
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John Van Horn
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I looked back on the predictions I made last year with trepidation...
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How to Select an Operator for Your Parking Facility
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Bill Francis
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The Request For Proposals (RFP) process is used by a vast majority of public agencies and private owners when selecting a parking operator to manage a parking facility or facilities...
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IPI Founder James Hunnicutt Retires
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Tighe & Bond announces the retirement of James M...
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Jump on the Fast Track to Recovery
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Don't look now, but the recovery has begun -- if not for you, then for your competition...
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Parkeon: New Name for Schlumberger
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Parkeon is the new name for the parking and ticketing operations that formerly were Schlumberger...
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Revenue Control The Most Important Thing to Consider ...
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Editor's note: In late November 2003, PT sent an e-mail to its e-mail list asking the industry to tell us "the most important thing to consider when purchasing a revenue control system...
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Sometimes There is No Tomorrow ...
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Robert Milner
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Although unwilling to share the location of the following "situation," I am all too familiar with the scenario of a customer being given less than ideal service...
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Stopping Employee Theft With Adequate Audits
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Larry Donoghue
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Editor's note: Larry Donoghue is a legend in the parking industry, being arguably its senior active member...
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What Should the End User Expect from a New Revenue Control System?
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I started working in the parking industry when money was piled in cigar boxes or paper sacks and a monthly pass was a wave and a friendly smile...
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