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Oct 17, 2018 - City Parking Manager Fined $16K, But He Still has a Job - JVH, Parking Today - A garage manager who is paid over $100,000 a year, has been fined $16,000 for stealing ...

Oct 17, 2018 - A Booming Economy, the Downside - JVH, Parking Today - The economy is booming, companies are growing ...

Oct 16, 2018 - A Fly in our Shoup… JVH, Parking Today - What a great headline – Astrid found it over at Forbes and posted on parknews.biz ...

Oct 16, 2018 - Curbway – All the Best… JVH, Parking Today - I’m always excited when I hear about a new company appearing on the scene. I received a head up call from Charley DeBow ...

Oct 12, 2018 - A Single Finger Salute to “Middle Aged Men in Lycra” - JVH, Parking Today - Our cousins in the UK have similar problems with central cities dying and folks heading to ...

Oct 12, 2018 - Disruption in the Parking Industry, I don’t think so - JVH, Parking Today - First, let’s decide what “disruption” really means. I like this definition from Wikipedia: In ...

Oct 12, 2018 - Can we have both efficient self-driving cars and walkable, livable communities? - Autonomous car proponents say that they will make streets safer 4 pedestrians ...

Oct 11, 2018 - The 5 people you must have in your network - These different views and perspectives should challenge assumptions ...

Oct 8, 2018 - Parking at Costco – I have a solution - JVH, Parking Today - I just got back from Costco. It is surrounded by acres of free ...

Oct 5, 2018 - "If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it" - JVH, Parking Today - Some apartment dwellers in East Orange, NJ, have a parking problem, at least from their point of ...

Oct 5, 2018 - Your Corporate Web Site – Have you looked at it lately, really looked? - JVH, Parking Today - The other day I want to the grocery store and bought a bottle Carnivore ...

Oct 3, 2018 - "Self-driving cars are coming, but developers aren’t reducing parking yet, survey finds" - JVH, Parking Today - Wow, so many things wrong with that headline, and I haven’t even ...

Oct 1, 2018 - Get a Flu Shot, Dammit - JVH, Parking Today - Last week I visited my doctor for a scheduled check up. The receptionist asked ...

Sep 28, 2018 - Parking vs Mobility – Is it time to Rename an Industry - JVH, Parking Today - Kenzie Coulson, who runs the parking and transportation operations for the city of Park City, Utah, had an interesting discussion ...

Sep 27, 2018 - How to fix your toxic culture - “Self-awareness and personal accountability are hallmarks of effective ...

Sep 25, 2018 - 35% Parking Tax and Forbid Monthly Parking…Where to Begin - JVH, Parking Today - An opinion piece in the New York Times (you can follow the link at parknews.biz) calls for a citywide 35% tax (up from 18% in ...

Sep 25, 2018 - Parking Today — Content Rules - JVH, Parking Today - I have just received the final looksee at PT October before it heads ...

Sep 24, 2018 - How To Create A Positive Workplace Culture - A positive workplace culture improves teamwork, raises the ...

Sep 24, 2018 - I admit it, I’m a Grouch - JVH, Parking Today - When I reread this blog piece, and with the urging of Astrid, I began to ...

Sep 21, 2018 - Don’t wait for New Year’s: Why you should be setting your goals now - “Make a list of goals that you did not achieve, but that ...

Sep 20, 2019 - Is Parking’s Emerging Tech an Early Sunrise or a Bright Sunny Day? - JVH, Parking Today - When I hear “emerging technology” I think of the sun coming up first ...

Sep 17, 2018 - 6 qualities that will get you noticed in the workplace - Showing this high level of initiative can take on numerous ...

Sep 14, 2018 - Business advice from Howard Schultz: The ‘humanity’ of a company will create long-term value - “regardless of product or service, we are all in the people business,” ...

Sep 13, 2018 - JVH, the fortune teller: Self-driving cars, buzzwords, "techno-chauvinism" - JVH, Parking Today - As you may remember, I have been railing against panic over autonomous vehicles for the past two years ...

Sep 13, 2018 - Welcome to Reykjavik … Parking, that is - JVH, Parking Today - I was honored to be able to spend a few hours with Kolbrun ...

Sep 11, 2018 - The Value of Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace - Frere Enterprises - Strong EI allows one the ability to listen and empathize with people from a large variety ...

Sep 7, 2018 - When Is Teamwork Really Necessary? - The problem is when leaders try to drive the wrong kind of collaboration on ...

Sep 6, 2018 - Ponies but no Sheepdogs - JVH, Parking Today - I’m travelling this week and next on a ship “In the Wake of the Vikings”. We ...

Sep 6, 2018 - FREEDOM!!!! - JVH, Parking Today - I met with a group than ran parking for a major university and gave a spiel on how easy it ...

Sep 5, 2018 - How to harness positive stress in the workplace - Positive stress seems to counteract all the negative consequences of ...

Sep 4, 2018 - Parking lots are the new solution to the homelessness crisis in cities — but they're also part of the problem

Aug 31, 2018 - Parking Today Media goes Geofencing: What the Hell is a “Geo Fence” - JVH, Parking Today - I pulled together a presentation for a potential customer and was blown away at the many ...

Aug 30, 2018 - The 3 Questions Supervisors Wish You Would Stop Asking - The best employees are the intellectually curious ones who ask great questions and seek to ...

Aug 28, 2018 - What If Electric Cars Fail Again? - There are some recent breakthroughs with gas cars that actually could make them ...

Aug 24, 2018 - Parking, It’s about Service - JVH, Parking Today - Back in the day particularly in Manhattan, but in other places as well ...

Aug 24, 2018 - The Women of Parking Today Media - JVH, Parking Today - We held our mid year meeting this week and my staff joined us ...

Aug 23, 2018 - What do we mean “We are the Arena” - JVH, Parking Today - We can argue on Teddy Roosevelt’s tenure as President, but ...

Aug 22, 2018 - Its cheaper to own a car than take ride sharing, really - JVH, Parking Today - According to the AAA, Its cheaper to own, maintain, park, and insure a car than ...

Aug 20, 2018 - Time flies, but are we having fun? - JVH, Parking Today - I read recently that the Feds are considering dropping the ...

Aug 17, 2018 - The More They Stay the Same – A Survey - JVH, Parking Today - I would think that with all the brouhaha over technology in ...

Aug 17, 2018 - Google risks mega-fine in EU over location 'stalking' - a parking app that obtains location data for the purposes of ...

Aug 16, 2018 - Just a little too high tech - JVH, Parking Today - I visited a high-tech parking operation yesterday. It had everything ...

Aug 15, 2018 - How To Develop More Emotionally Intelligent Employees - Leaders who are highly self-aware and cognizant of emotional cues are better able to ...

Aug 14, 2018 - Connected Cars Hitch A Ride On Smart City Spending - They are siblings, the concepts of connected vehicles and smart ...

Aug 13, 2018 - We’re terrible at planning our time. Here’s how to fix it - How many hours do you work each day? If you’re like most of the ...

Aug 10, 2018 - That’s AV, Folks - JVH, Parking Today - We published a news release today over at Parknews.biz from Keolis Canada about ...

Aug 9, 2018 - Why this CEO makes everything she does transparent to all employees - “Most companies tell all the good stuff but not challenges,” she says. “That creates a lose ...

Aug 8, 2018 - The High Cost of Parking - Free street parking? Not exactly. Based on current land values, parking can cost residents up ...

Aug 7, 2018 - Before driverless cars rule the roads, more efficient, effortless curb management and parking can make space on our streets - The valet industry was once such a goldmine for parking attendants that rival ...

August 6, 2018 - Australia’s smart parking initiative to reduce traffic congestion in regional areas - Aside from reducing congestion, the smart parking initiative will help reduce air ...

August 3, 2018 - Will self-driving cars kill parking? - parking is far from dead. In fact, the $100 billion market may be poised to grow ...

August 1, 2018 - Why the dramatic decline in car ownership could give life to the transportation industry - The momentous shift in consumer sentiment, coupled with the explosion of ride-share services, has already altered ...

July 31, 2018 - Columbus, Ohio announces its Connected Vehicle Environment - One of the most exciting trends in transportation technology is the idea of a ‘smart city’ ...

July 30, 2018 - Using IoT to Monitor Smart Cities - smart parking system that adjusts parking cost based on occupancy rate ...

July 24, 2018 - Cashing In on the Curb - Smart cities are paying more attention to the fixtures that define their streets, looking to improve ...

July 23, 2018 - City envy - If you represent a city that wants to improve its transportation ...

July 20, 2018 - Give the Curb Your Enthusiasm - How and where we walk is a function of curb design—where is the curb ...

July 20, 2018 - Stamford, CT creates an “innovation playground” for start-up and large companies to play - Stamford is preparing to be the city of tomorrow through a repeating $2 ...

July 19, 2018 - Autonomous Mobility: It's Not Just About The Cars - Let’s look at three common myths surrounding autonomous mobility, the facts that these myths obscure ...

July 17, 2018 - What’s driving the transportation revolution? - We are at the beginning of the next big revolution in transportation ...

July 16, 2018 - How This Entrepreneur Is Changing The World One Smart City At A Time - Too often entrepreneurs become so enamored with the technology or offering they’ve built ...

July 13, 2018 - HOME FROM THE HONEYMOON, THE SELF-DRIVING CAR INDUSTRY FACES REALITY - In an industry built on eliminating human error, insiders have started to admit ...

July 11, 2018 - The World’s Smart Cities Are Fueled by IoT Applications and Predictive Analytics - Imagine the smart city of the future, fueled by IoT applications and predictive ...

July 10, 2018 - WHY DID THE HUMAN CROSS THE ROAD? TO CONFUSE THE SELF-DRIVING CAR - DRIVING IN A busy city, you have to get good at scrutinizing the body language ...

July 9, 2018 - How IoT-Enabled Infrastructure Will Revolutionize Public Transit - The transportation world is changing faster than ever before; there have been more changes ...

June 28, 2018 - Successful Businesses Founded in College Dorm Rooms - After Ritwik Pavan had continuous trouble finding parking for his job ...

June 27, 2018 - What cities are leading the way in smart city technology adoption? - If cities across the globe were to adopt some form of ...

June 26, 2018 - BRINGING SMART CITIES TO LIFE - With collaboration the current buzzword of the modern workplace today, the employees expect work tools that offer flexibility and ...

June 25, 2018 - Self-driving cars will change how we get around, which could mean using more energy - If self-driving cars take off, people might wind up taking more car trips ...

June 22, 2018 - Rahm and Elon’s Public-Private Partnership - Rahm Emanuel’s “public-private partnership” with Elon Musk looks a lot like the parking meters privatization that still haunts ...

June 21, 2018 - New smart city traffic project takes off in Portland, OR - "Designing safe streets starts with good data," said PBOT ...

June 19, 2018 - Women Leaders Are Key Players Shaping Today’s Smart Cities - Women are playing a more prominent role than before ...

June 18, 2018 - From smart city projects to smart cities, slowly but steadily - Smart lighting, video surveillance, smart parking, smart waste ...

June 11, 2018 - How the World’s Smartest Cities are Being Built - As the world’s biggest cities continue to sprawl with many millions of ...

June 7, 2018 - The only way the US can safely move forward with self-driving cars - We need a federal framework that provides clear ...

June 7, 2018 - Connected cars can lie, posing a new threat to smart cities - The day when cars can talk to each other – and to traffic lights ...

June 1, 2018 - Are smart cities as safe as we think they are? Security experts say not yet - Global survey respondents flagged several critical infrastructure areas as potential targets including transportation systems ...

May 30, 2018 - With connected communities on the rise, we must be smart in managing data - These days, it seems every mayor of a major city – including Toronto, is on the smart ...

May 25, 2018 - New Technologies Selected for Testing in Toronto's First Smart City Pilot Program - ArgosAI: Digitized data stream activated through video cameras and used ...

May 22, 2018 - What it means to be a 'smart city' in 2018 — “If you asked 10 people in a room what a smart city is, you’d probably get at least five different answers.” ...

May 18, 2018 - The Dirty Truth Coming for Self-Driving Cars - Trash. Odors. Bodily fluids. Will autonomous rideshares be ready for our mess?

May 17, 2018 - The Future Of Boston Transportation: Will Self-Driving Cars Mean Safer Streets? - “We’ve got cameras here looking 360 degrees. This is what’s called a LIDAR sensor. It’s shooting out lots of laser ...

May 14, 2018 - A future with more efficient and successful cities - While smart cities have held a great deal of promise for many years, they are ...

May 11, 2018 - Building the Smart City: 8 Things To Get Right - Technology is top of mind in the smart city, but it is just one layer of many in ...

May 10, 2018 - SMMT AND AUTO MAKERS ISSUE “FUTURE MOBILITY CHALLENGE” - The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders ...

May 9, 2018 - Mastercard, Microsoft partner on smart city pilot - teaming up 2 help cities better understand and address urban planning ...

May 8, 2018 - What Will New York Do About Its Uber Problem? - Cities have a long history of intervening to impose order on their streets. No large metropolis can accommodate everyone ...

May 7, 2018 - Transforming urban travel with Mobile IoT - Parking-related issues are often high on a smart city’s agenda. Whether it’s ...

May 3, 2018 - How smart cities are using data to pave the way for autonomous vehicles - Across the U.S., semi-autonomous and driverless cars have taken to the streets more so than ever ...

May 1, 2018 - 5 Smart City Technologies already on your Street - From reimagined phone boxes to retrofitting street lights, the smart city is ...

May 1, 2018 - How Disneyland's Main Street, USA, Changed the Design and Preservation of American Cities - Walt Disney didn't set out to revolutionize urban design when he created ...

Setting Sail: ‘The Future Is Today’ - Lessons from the Parking Australia Outlook Conference 2017 - Last fall, I was fortunate to attend one of the best conferences I have ever had the privilege to experience: the Parking Australia Outlook Conference 2017. And I want to share some of that as we head into the new year. Albert Einstein said, “He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.” And wonder ...