I asked to guest blog during my trip to Shanghai for the InterParking Shanghai 2010 and the annual meeting of the International Parking Association.   The first question asked: Do the Chinese see parking differently than Americans and Europeans. The resounding … Continue reading →

Wow – Baghdad by the Bay’s new parking group has made it official. City employees must pay for parking. This will do two things, first it will generate money for the city but more importantly it will set an example … Continue reading →

Mark sends in this wonderful piece and pulls out the money quote: “Instead, every two hours, they run out of their work place and move their vehicle to another location to avoid a violation. If they ever figured out that … Continue reading →

Big Mama is closing down. Her famous eatery is not more in Pittsburgh. Great headline ” Big Mama Closes Cuisine, Blames Pittsburgh Parking.” We broke the story here. A number commented on that blog. I predicted that after the story … Continue reading →

Fellow is handicapped. Has a handicapped placard. It allows him to park virtually anywhere in the UK, even in no parking zones. He goes to the store, parks out front since the handicapped spots in a nearby lot are 100 … Continue reading →

I have been thinking about the issue raised by Pete below based on a blog we ran on signs at auto assembly plants around the country banning non GM, Ford or Chrysler products. I noted that Ford owned Jaguar and … Continue reading →

While investigating my August 23 blog about US parking lots that do not allow foreign cars, I stumbled on a controversy that has been going on in the media this month. Kansas City Business Journal reporter James Dornbrook was kicked … Continue reading →

A region in India has begun a program of requiring those purchasing cars prove they have a parking space before the car can be licensed. Read about it here. This is not a new idea, China has been using the … Continue reading →

Indianapolis Goes with a Hybrid – May have a winner The City of Indianapolis has recommended to its city council a hybrid contract made up of Xerox owned ACS and two local companies Evens Time, and Denison Global Parking. You … Continue reading →

I’m honored to be quoted and to have this blog links at Paul Barter’s “Reinventing Parking” blog. Paul is an academic, living and teaching in Singapore, and has studied and researched urban issues, including parking throughout the far East. Paul … Continue reading →