At the SWAPTA conference last week we were overwhelmed with wonderful conversations with people who seemed to know about what they were talking. One was Maria Tamayo-Soto who is a parking administrator with the economic and urban development department with … Continue reading →

Nothing… All advancements society has made since its beginning have been involved with risk. Consider some synonyms: danger, hazard, imminence, menace, peril, pitfall, threat, trouble. It sounds like a definition of a horror movie. Perhaps it is. What happens to … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago, I wrote of the heroes on flight 93 and asked what would happen today. Would we storm the cockpit? Last week, a woman was raped on a train in Philadelphia. She was in plain view of … Continue reading →

Los Angeles International Airport has just opened a new 4300 car garage as part of its $5.5 billion off airport expansion including a major car rental facility and a people mover to connect the garage and rental car facility to … Continue reading →

Headlines in the New York Times: As E-Scooters and E-Bikes Proliferate, Safety Challenges Grow. Read all about it on parknews.biz Fair Enough. Safety is going to become a big issue. However there are some numbers in this article that tend … Continue reading →

I have a tendency to go where Angels fear to tread and talk about things I know nothing about. This may be one of those times. Matt Penney, head of parking and transportation at Baylor, and a trainer at the … Continue reading →

We all know about herd immunity. That point where the herd (that’s us) becomes immune, or at least partially immune to a disease. We strive for that with a combination of vaccination and natural immunity through actually having the disease. … Continue reading →

This week was parking week for our industry.  Christine Banning, Dave Damus, and the entire National Parking Association team deserve a victory lap after the group’s national convention held in Las Vegas. The stars seemed aligned for them as they … Continue reading →

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The City of Santa Monica has decided to demolish a 300 plus space parking structure adjacent to its downtown mall and replace it with a multi-use project including low cost housing. It is being sued by local businesses who say … Continue reading →