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August 27, 2024 - Seven One Seven Parking Enterprises Expands Portfolio with Acquisitions of Parking Locations in Nashville, Tennessee

August 1, 2024 - Innovative SaaS Company Sets New Standards in Enforcement Management with Impressive First-Quarter Results

July 31, 2024 - Japa’s Expansion in Smart EV Charging Solutions at SMUD

July 16, 2024 - Meet GMP AI ExpressLane: Ticketless AI-PARCS with Enhanced LP Matching

July 15, 2024 - PhoenixEV Powers Up University of California, Irvine, with New Electric Bus Fleet

July 15, 2024 - Mid-Atlantic Parking Services (MAPS) Announces Comprehensive Rebranding

July 9, 2024 - Everfield acquires ParkHere, software specialist for smart parking

July 3, 2024 - Mobile Smart City Pango Expands its Relationship with City of Auburn, New York

July 1, 2024 - EnSight Technologies and FAAC Parking Solutions Awarded Contract for AI-Based Parking Management System at Norfolk International Airport

July 1, 2024 - Parking and Mobility Industry Global Software Pioneer, Get My Parking, Promotes Jordan Schware to Senior Vice President, North America

June 25, 2024 - The Neuhoff District Makes the Pivot

June 14, 2024 - Parking Base Announces Partnership with Progression Technology Integrators

June 14, 2024 - Portier USA Introduces Portier AI, a Revolutionary Artificial Intelligence-Driven Parking Guidance Solution that Predicts Parking Availability

April 4, 2024 - Precursor - JVH, Parking Today - This little note is a harbinger of things to come on the blog. I’ll bet you can’t figure out what ...

March 20, 2024 - Take A Leap Into The Future With Parking Access & Revenue Control Systems - At Frogparking, we’re committed to revolutionizing the industry by offering ...

March 18, 2024 - Parking Today Media Gets New CEO And Publisher - JVH, Parking Today - I opened PIE 2024 with the announcement of sale of Parking Today Media to Kevin ...

March 1, 2024 - TECH AND COURTESY — FRIENDS OR ENEMIES - JVH, Parking Today - Do we think in terms of ‘making a customer for ...

Feb 28, 2024 - COULD IT BE THAT THE TECHNOLOGY SIMPLY ISN’T “THERE” YET? - JVH, Parking Today - One thing I noticed, however, was that EV manufacturers were slowing ...

Feb 28, 2024 - IT WILL BE AN AMAZING WEEK - JVH, Parking Today - I never cease to be amazed by the quality of people that are going to be ...

Feb 5, 2024 - How Do We ‘Track’ What We Do - JVH, Parking Today - One of the things we look to is the Gross National Product. It tells us ...

Jan 29, 2024 - Tech And Customer Service - JVH, Parking Today - I reread the post below “from a friend” about his adventure dealing with ...

Jan 19, 2024 - A Parking Newbie - JVH, Parking Today - I was looking back at some blog posts from 20 years ago and found this one fit ...

Jan 19, 2024 - Look Out The Window - JVH, Parking Today - If you are concerned about bus lanes, then take a look at them. If you notice ...

Jan 19, 2024 - Wind Chill -83F - JVH, Parking Today - My sister in law lives in Edmonton, Alberta. She is visiting and reported that the ...

Jan 9, 2024 - Gimme Shelter: The Benefits Of A Booth - Par-Kut offers project-specific drafting and design services in addition to exceptional ...

Jan 2, 2024 - Are We As An Industry Listening? - JVH, Parking Today - Those folks who jumped on the bandwagon for EVs because they felt ...

Dec 25, 2023 - Merry Christmas - JVH, Parking Today - I usually write about the magic of Christmas, the legends and stories that have ...

Dec 15, 2023 - When Will They Ever Learn - JVH, Parking Today - Just what is going to prevent employees from parking in those free spaces ...

Dec 4, 2023 - Black and White vs. Shades of Gray - JVH, Parking Today - A friend tells me that one of the biggest problems of our time is that we ...

Dec 4, 2023 - Colonialism, Disproportionality, Refugees - JVH, Parking Today - Victor Davis Hanson is a distinguished fellow of the ...

Dec 4, 2023 - PIE 2024 It’s Amazing - JVH, Parking Today - I never cease to be amazed at the quality of seminars that have been ...

Nov 20, 2023 - Thanksgiving 2023 - JVH, Parking Today - Often when we think of Thanksgiving we often think of a Norman Rockwell painting ...

Nov 13, 2023 - Veterans in Parking - JVH, Parking Today - I spent an hour with Doug Cram at the California Parking and Transportation meet ...

Oct 26, 2023 - You can Lead a horse to water but… - JVH, Parking Today - The EV crumbling has begun. General Motors and Honda have ...

Oct 16, 2023 - Am Yisrael Chai - JVH, Parking Today - The People of Israel Live. This is a blog that should have been written last week, but ...

Oct 13, 2023 - $1.5 billion, it Boggles the Mind - JVH, Parking Today - Who would have thought that a business transaction in the parking ...

Oct 5, 2023 - The Wheat from the Chaff - JVH, Parking Today - I am periodically overwhelmed with information. My computer desktop is ...

Sep 26, 2023 - The Law of Unintended… - JVH, Parking Today - We don’t seem to think things through to their natural conclusion. Wind ...

Sep 14, 2023 -  Privacy – Is it Important? - JVH, Parking Today - A friend of mine has predicted that the government will shortly outlaw the ...

Sep 8, 2023 - Larry Donoghue, 1919-2023 - For those of you who were honored to know Larry, you know that he was a good man, a gent ...

Aug 31, 2023 - Time… - JVH, Parking Today - Yet we squander time. The internet and social ...

Aug 31, 2023 - Is Getting More EVs on the Road All About Charging? - JVH, Parking Today - But let’s set chargers aside. What about the cost ...

Aug 18, 2023 - Frustration - JVH, Parking Today - Astrid reports over at Park News that a United Airlines Pilot grabbed and ax and took ...

Aug 14, 2023 - Why I love Parking - JVH, Parking Today - Bill Smith wrote a great piece for the September PT on why he loves parking. I ...

Aug 9, 2023 - This isn’t a reason to hate us… - JVH, Parking Today - I have known one of the founders of the data collection service and ...

Aug 4, 2023 - Another Reason they Hate us! - JVH, Parking Today - “The Kid” drives his father’s car to the movies. Parks in the lot out back ...

Aug 1, 2023 - Mobility Conference, Barcelona - JVH, Parking Today - It is certainly true that in the US, the vast majority of motion, that is ...

July 17, 2023 - Taylor and a Concert in the Parking Lot - JVH, Parking Today - Its called the “Swift Effect.” When she sang in Chicago, the ...

July 13, 2023 - 15 Minute City, Part Deux - JVH, Parking Today - The 15 Minute City is the brain child of Carlos Moreno, of the Sorbonne in ... 

July 10, 2023 - “When Will They Ever Learn” - JVH, Parking Today - Report after report are showing us, for various reasons, that wind and ...

July 5, 2023 - Independence Day, 2023 - JVH, Parking Today - We celebrate the Fourth of July as the signing of the Declaration of ...

June 29, 2023 - “To Me, It’s like a Contract” - JVH, Parking Today - Let’s tell it like it is. Our industry has a bad reputation. Garages are dirty, filled ...

June 21, 2023 - 15 Minute City - JVH, Parking Today - The latest idea to come out of our friends in the environmental movement is ...

June 20, 2023 - It’s Hard to Make it Easy! - JVH, Parking Today - Astrid has an interesting article up at parknews.biz about the city of Chico, CA ...

June 14, 2023 - Bring a discussion out into the Sunlight - JVH, Parking Today - My post about “Parking, Is it really as bad as they say ...

June 13, 2023 - Just What is “Mobility?” - JVH, Parking Today - Just what is ‘mobility?’ The best answer I can get is that it’s the use of some ...

June 12, 2023 - IPMI Meets in Ft. Worth - JVH, Parking Today - The IPMI has begun its annual parking conference in Ft.Worth. We wish them ...

June 9, 2023 - Parking — Is it really as bad as people say? - JVH, Parking Today - The book by Henry Grabar, a staff writer for Slate, is ...

June 2, 2023 - But wait…Parking Generates $$$ - JVH, Parking Today - Numerous studies done in the past decades have shown that a simple ...

June 1, 2023 - Just Blame “Climate Change” - JVH, Parking Today - We have a wonderful article by my friend David Freehan on the topic of ...

May 30, 2023 - Memorial Day 2023 - JVH, Parking Today - We remember the fallen on Memorial Day. These patriots have given ...

May 24, 2023 - Don’t forget the Chicoms - JVH, Parking Today - Let’s face it, the Chinese are running the EV market. They produce over ...

May 19, 2023 - Keep it simple… - JVH, Parking Today - Social activist and folk singer hit the nail with his famous hammer with this one ...

May 11, 2023 - Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains The World - JVH, Parking Today - Rather than having parking as a commodity, why can’t ...

May 10, 2023 - How the $8 billion parking industry is evolving to stay alive - JVH, Parking Today - However if you take the parking business in toto, you find that it will ...

April 27, 2023 - EVs – Charging and the Rest - JVH, Parking Today - As I was playing catch up reading through Astrid’s Park News, I find that ...

April 27, 2023 - My Normal Self - JVH, Parking Today - For those of you who might have noticed that I haven’t been my normal self ...

April 18, 2023 - Morgan Freeman – JVH, Parking Today - Oscar winning actor Morgan Freeman came out swinging in an interview this week  ...

April 5, 2023 - It’s the People that Make PIE a Success - JVH, Parking Today - Mounting an event like PIE 2023 is a gargantuan task. I ...

April 5, 2023 - Seminars at PIE Sparked Arguments and Discussion — Right On! - JVH, Parking Today - “After the first two seminars at PIE 2023, people were standing in the halls in ...

March 17, 2023 - The Movie Titles Connected with the Seminars at PIE. What do they mean? - PIE2023 - When  Astrid and I came up with the movie titles, we had some idea in the back of ...

March 15, 2023 - They are Liars and Thieves - PIE2023 - I get an email every day or so from someone wanting to sell me an ‘attendee ...

March 10, 2023 - Parking Industry Expo Slated for March 28-30  – Don’t Miss World Parking Forum - PIE2023 - The event will be kicked off on Tuesday Morning with a “World Parking ...

March 8, 2023 - Parking Industry Expo Focuses On EV Charging - PIE2023 - The purchase of EV charging stations can be difficult for parking ...

March 7, 2023 - Yes, You can get to PIE 2023 from O’Hare - PIE2023 - The Parking Industry Expo will be held March 28-30 at the ...

March 1, 2023 - Patton – Security is an Issue – Our PR is Suffering - PIE2023 - Bob Harkins and Brandy Stanley are heading this seminar at ...

March 1, 2023 - Something Different in the Exhibit Hall at PIE 2023 - PIE2023 - PIE is holding a ‘tailgate’ party in the expo hall.”  ...

Feb 28, 2023 - Why Not a World Parking Forum? - PIE2023 - CEOs from around the world talk about parking, where it is and where they ...

Feb 24, 2023 - The Numbers – What we must look at when buying EV Chargers - PIE2023 - What kind of issue does the prospect of EV (electric vehicle) adoption in the ...

Feb 23, 2023 - EV Charging Leads the Pack at PIE 2023 - JVH, Parking Today - Two major seminars at PIE 2023 will focus on EV  ...

Feb 14, 2023 - From Concept to Reality - JVH, Parking Today - Innovator Jordan Justice meets Clyde Wilson and his 40 years of experience ...

Feb 13, 2023 - "Are US Charging Stations Going To Kill the EV Movement?" - JVH, Parking Today - Astrid nailed it this morning with a post over at Parknews.biz. The headline is above. It’s a ...

Feb 13, 2023 - Premature Electrification - JVH, Parking Today - Let’s face it – the Dodge Ram commercial for a truck that doesn’t exist ...

Feb 9, 2023 - Are We Diluting the Parking Business - JVH, Parking Today - Those of you who own and run garages, surface lots  ...

Feb 6, 2023 - Does Big Wind Need Another Bailout? - JVH, Parking Today - I am musing over an article I read at the blog Hot Air. Seems the ...

Feb 3, 2023 - Frustration VS Acceptance - JVH, Parking Today - This is probably one of those blogs I should write then delete. Let’s see how ...

Feb 2, 2023 - Should we complicate a process, just because we can? - JVH, Parking Today - Are we, as a parking industry, supporting all our ...

Jan 25, 2023 - Light Up the Night You are the Star Party, PIE 2023 - JVH, Parking Today - “Work doesn’t work without play” – Shonda Rhimes ...

Jan 24, 2023 - What Business are we in? Find out at PIE 2023 - JVH, Parking Today - What do the leaders of major parking equipment ...

Jan 13, 2023 - Oh, For Goodness Sake - JVH, Parking Today - The LA Times has a front page article quoting various ‘experts’ reference ...

Parking in the News

January 16, 2025

January 15, 2025 - Where has parking enforcement been relaxed in Los Angeles amid active wildfires?

January 15, 2025 - NYC home covered in dozens of ‘No Parking’ signs, at least 51 security cameras puzzles neighbors: ‘They’re crazy’

January 15, 2025 - City of San Diego warns of parking ticket phishing scam texts

January 15, 2025 - Drivers in English city of York warned of parking scam affecting council car parks (UK)

January 16, 2025 - Pay more for parking in Providence, Rhode Island? What to know about Smiley's plan to tax lots and garages.

January 16, 2025 - Covington, Kentucky, parking authority updating parking meters to increase convenience, accept coins, credit cards

January 15, 2025 - More free parking could be coming to downtown Chico, California, soon

January 16, 2025 - 80% of downtown Bend, Oregon, consumers value more parking, less car-free streets: DBBA survey

January 15, 2025 - Parking design services to begin at two Kyle, Texas, parks

January 15, 2025 - An Attempt to put Parking Problems Berlin, Maryland, in the Rear View Mirror

January 15, 2025

January 15, 2025 - Broward Health Unveils Designs for New Medical Office Buildings and Parking Garage in Deerfield Beach, Florida

January 15, 2025 - Outsourced parking enforcement is illegal, South Carolina AG said. Many cities don't plan to change their ways.

January 14, 2025 - Downtown Dublin, Georgia, to begin enforcing parking by towing cars

January 14, 2025 - Cal Poly to enforce seven-day paid parking starting in February

January 14, 2025 - Quinte West, Ontario, launches new parking program (Canada)

January 14, 2025 - Mayor of Galway admits he's "embarrassed" over city parking controversy (Ireland)

January 14, 2025 - Paid parking announced in Sharjah's Kalba city starting February 1 (UAE)

January 14, 2025

January 13, 2025 - Mystery Man Saves Multimillion-Dollar Car Collection From L.A. Wildfires by Parking in McDonalds Lot

January 13, 2025 - Parking woes persist for West Seattle neighbors near high school amid campus changes

January 13, 2025 - Charleston, South Carolina, approves downtown hourly parking price increase

January 13, 2025 - What the projected revenue will be from the parking rate increase in Columbia, South Carolina

January 13, 2025 - South Bend, Indiana, plans new parking, apartments for Morris Performing Arts Center revitalization

January 13, 2025 - RiverTown’s bumpy parking lot in Grandville, Michigan, will soon be demolished

January 14, 2025 - NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development Celebrates Launch of Project to Transform East Village Parking Lot Into Affordable Housing

January 13, 2025 - Hot Springs, Arkansas, introduces solar-powered parking system, sparking resident concerns

January 13, 2025 - Legal Report: Parking Lot Legal Risks and Cases

January 13, 2025 - 'Five-minute fine' prompts private car parks review (U.K.)

January 13, 2025 - Reading’s Labour council to 'screw' petrol and diesel drivers with new 100 per cent emission-based parking charges (U.K.)

January 13, 2025

January 11, 2025 - Clarksville, Tennessee, Mayor Joe Pitts Cuts Ribbon on New Downtown Parking Garage, Adding 500+ Spaces

January 11, 2025 - Grand Junction, Colorado, to begin final phase of downtown parking improvements

January 10, 2025 - Former LAZ Parking HQ in downtown Hartford, Connecticut, now eyed for hotel conversion

January 11, 2025 - Watch out for parking scams during Detroit Auto Show, Michigan’s attorney general warns

January 12, 2025 - Greenwich, Connecticut, Issues Scam Alert for Bogus Parking Invoice Texts

January 10, 2025 - $625 every 3 months and still no parking spot? Senior residents demand changes at New York City’s Brighton Beach municipal parking

January 12, 2025 - Bay Area city begins ban on RV street parking

January 12, 2025 - Parking tickets for Publix spaces in Palm Beach, Florida, isn't the best solution | Editorial

January 12, 2025 - Williamstown, Massachusetts, police warn residents of parking ticket scam

January 10, 2025 - Paid Parking Debate Heats Up in Camden, Maine

January 11, 2025 - Victoria Airport's parking fee hike cleared for takeoff in March (Canada)

January 13, 2025 - Drivers to see major changes impact parking nationwide with five-minute payment window axed - 'Long-overdue' (U.K.)

January 11, 2025 - The busy Birmingham road where parking fines doubled in 2024 as 5,000 punished (U.K.)

January 10, 2025 - Parking attendants overcharge, refuse digital payments at Hamidia hospital (India)

January 10, 2025

January 9, 2025 - Pittsburgh Parking Authority considers removing residency requirement for employees amid staffing shortage

January 9, 2025 - Greenville, North Carolina, City Council passes downtown parking plan 6-0

January 9, 2025 - Traverse City, Michigan, alerts residents to parking ticket scam via text messages

January 9, 2025 - Parking fees increasing in Broad Ripple, downtown Indianapolis, Indiana

January 9, 2025 - Park DTO Program Extends FREE Parking Offer Through 2025 in Orlando, Florida

January 9, 2025 - Newport, Rhode Island, Approves Free Beach Parking for Residents

January 9, 2025 - Kyiv drivers are being fined en masse: how much car owners paid for improper parking (Ukraine)

January 8, 2025 - Wakefield Council considers scrapping cash parking payments as machine repairs cost £140,000 (U.K.)

January 9, 2025

January 8, 2025 - Boston City Council to consider eliminating parking minimums for new development; not all councilors agree, though

January 8, 2025 - Vancouver, Washington, looks at tax break for affordable housing projects built in parking lots

January 8, 2025 - City of Caldwell, Idaho, will not renew contract providing downtown with paid parking

January 8, 2025

January 7, 2025 - New York City Finally Has Congestion Pricing—Now, the Free Parking Must Go

January 7, 2025 - After parking at base of ski run at Keystone, Boulder resident blames bad directions

January 7, 2025 - New 'Main Street Complete Streets' design draft for Sarasota, Florida, met with parking concerns

January 7, 2025 - A warning to Sea-Tac drivers: Don’t park on the shoulder or tech will soon get you

January 7, 2025 - Lynchburg, Virginia, Main Street parking garage fire ruled accidental

January 6, 2025 - The great Baltimore parking controversy: Should we honor the chair or not?

January 7, 2025 - Florence, Alabama, city council votes down to demolishing old parking deck

January 7, 2025 - Maha Kumbh 2025: AI-Driven Smart Parking To Revolutionise Pilgrim Experience (India)

January 7, 2025 - Rhythms inside and outside: The valet attendant who tunes parking cones to play his favourite beats (India)

January 7, 2025 - Paid parking expands by 23 percent across Dutch municipalities (Netherlands)

January 6, 2025 - Number of parking fines given out in North Ayrshire, Scotland, revealed (U.K.)

January 7, 2025

January 6, 2025 - Bend, Oregon, upgrades parking garage system for easier access and payment

January 6, 2025 - Charges filed for San Bruno, California, parking meter vandalism

January 6, 2025 - Sweetwater, Texas, police arrest duo tied to hotel parking lot thefts across multiple cities

January 7, 2025 - Easton Town Center in Columbus, Ohio, changes 7 free parking lots into paid ones

January 6, 2025 - Smiley’s legislative priorities include tax hike, ending school takeover, new parking tax for Providence, Rhode Island

January 6, 2025 - New Smyrna Beach, Florida, officials, residents try to shut down paid parking program

January 6, 2025 - Glasgow, Kentucky, parking facilities repair plans are in various stages

January 6, 2025 - In digital push, Municipal Corporation of Delhi all set to bring FASTag at 11 parking sites (India)

January 6, 2025

January 2, 2025 - Denver International Airport parking shifts to “cashless experience”

January 6, 2025 - AI-Powered Cameras Deployed to Catch Parking Violations at Bus Stops in Sacramento, California

January 5, 2025 - Boston police issue warning about 'overdue parking ticket fee' scam

January 3, 2025 - Cost to build Metro Vancouver parking stall reaches $230,000, finds report (Canada)

January 3, 2025 - Texas State's proposed campus master plan prioritizes new and aged infrastructure, parking

January 6, 2025 - New Parking Lot Opens in West Hollywood on Santa Monica Blvd

January 4, 2025 - Newark, Delaware, makes over $1 million in parking tickets in 2024

January 3, 2025 - Belleville, Illinois, still wants a new downtown parking garage. How can the city pay for it?

January 6, 2025 - They’ll scratch your car, slash the tyres’: Why car owners fight over parking in Indian cities (India)

January 5, 2025 - Lack of EV infrastructure causes disputes among residents in Turkey (Turkey)

January 5, 2025 - Tashkent company to develop a "Paid Parking" program (Uzbekistan)

January 3, 2025

January 2, 2025 - Demolition of 100-year-old Knoxville, Tennessee, parking garage to close roads, sidewalks

January 2, 2025 - Whitewater, Wisconsin, officials warn of increased parking ticket fees starting next month

January 2, 2025 - New Smyrna Beach, Florida, says Venetian Bay parking program is not allowed

January 2, 2025 - Oregon State Parks day-use parking fees double to start new year

January 2, 2025

January 1, 2025 - Seattle parking fines jump over 47% as city updates rates for 1st time since 2011

January 1, 2025 - A year after collapse at Riverside hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, second parking garage to close for repairs