The City of Los Angeles has adopted a Los Angeles Shared-Mobility Climate and Equity Action Plan. Politicians are slapping each other on the back for all the hard work they have done with the plan. Nothing unusual so far. Log … Continue reading →

Houston, we have a problem.  Well, maybe not Houston, but parking industry we have a problem. You have no clue how to promote yourself. Astrid is spending hours looking for content for Parknews.biz. She is finding bupkus. Now we know … Continue reading →

I was asked by the International Downtown Association to provide a bit of input as to finding and hiring parking managers. Here, in part, is what I wrote: The suggestion is to look for someone with experience in all aspects … Continue reading →

An article from ITS International, posted on Parknews, attempts to define smart parking and I think comes up short. To wit: Smart parking should: identify or forecast open parking spaces and relay that information to drivers support multiple payment options … Continue reading →

PIE 2018 finished on Thursday last and the PT crew is back in the office, attending to our normal duties. It is impossible to thank all who worked tirelessly last week to make PIE the best show ever. However, my … Continue reading →

We still have a day to go, but the returns so far tell me that this has been the best PIE evah, darlink. There is always the fear that people will tell me what I want to hear, but exhibitors … Continue reading →

I’m always asked “what is new at Intertraffic?” After walking around for three days, the answer is “Everything is “SMART.” It is like half the booths have added the word “Smart” to their titles or descriptions. SMART parking, SMART Sensors, … Continue reading →

The first day at Intertraffic was filled with meeting old friends and making new ones. First of all, the show is huge. Over 850 exhibits will be seen by 30,000 attendees over the four days. Fantastic. The Intertraffic folks have … Continue reading →

Charleston, SC, is raising meter prices to equal garage prices. The local hospitality workers are enraged because this is dipping into their pocketbooks in a big way. Seems they park on street because it costs less. Oh, and the city … Continue reading →

Organizers of trade events take a lot of abuse from exhibitors due to the lack of traffic in their booths. Their concern seems always to be the ratio between exhibitor personnel and attendees, or as they say, potential customers. Fair … Continue reading →