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May 27, 2020 - The Upcoming Months will be A Disaster NOT!! - JVH, Parking Today - Even in California, which has become the epicenter for the “lockdown” we are seeing more activity ...

May 27, 2020 - Six experts reveal the post-COVID truth about the advertising business - We’ve talked about the death of irony before, but I think this could be the death of bullshit ...

May 22, 2020 - "People who need people are the luckiest people in the world!" - from Barbara to Kacey: "I miss parking conferences.” - JVH, Parking Today - Kacey Siskind, a senior VP at Honk Mobile, believes in telling it like it is, as ...

May 18, 2020 - How to Improve your Office Parking - JVH, Parking Today - There is a reason those who work in our industry are considered experts in parking. It is a complex business ...

May 18, 2020 - Haircut and a Car Wash - JVH, Parking Today - I admit it, I couldn’t take it any longer and got a bootleg haircut. I got a ...

May 14, 2020 - The Splendid and the Vile - JVH, Parking Today - Author Erik Larson writes historical nonfiction based on tremendous in depth research about his subject. He quotes ...

May 11, 2020 - The Car Is Staging a Comeback, Spurring Oil’s Recovery - JVH, Parking Today - That headline was from Bloomberg, and if you read the article, it reflects what you ...

May 11, 2020 - Klaus Gindl - JVH, Parking Today - I received word this morning that Klaus Gindl passed away last week after a month ...

May 7, 2020 - Touch you, and hug you, and shake hands with you soon - JVH, Parking Today - There is a reason people of all ages hold hands, sometimes when they walk, sometimes ...

May 5, 2020 - “I thought about the recession and decided not to participate.” - JVH, Parking Today - That quote by Sam Walton pretty much sums up an article last year in Forbes Magazine where author Brad Adgate stressed that the ...

May 5, 2020 - Observations - JVH, Parking Today - About half the people on the street in LA are not wearing masks. Ralphs Grocery in LA ...

May 4, 2020 - Parking Lot Radio - JVH, Parking Today - The Pandemic has inspired innovation. Churches particularly want to hold services and keep social distancing. An outfit in Oregon ...

April 29, 2020 - The World Will Never Be the Same - JVH, Parking Today - How many times have we read this over the past six weeks? How may ‘futurists’ or even just journalistic wags ...

April 29, 2020 - ‘We literally couldn’t fundraise’: Why wealthy VCs won’t save struggling startups - Criticism of venture-backed startups that took coronavirus loans has exploded since the ...

April 28, 2020 - Just Where Does the Money Come From? Plus a New Normal — Not! - JVH, Parking Today - I was always curious about people who work for a company and assume the money comes from the CEO, or the Board of ...

April 27, 2020 - “Fear does us more harm than the things of which we’re afraid” - JVH, Parking Today - Roman Emperor and Stoic Marcus Aurelius was prescient by 2000 years when he included in his writings that “fear does us ...

April 27, 2020 - Stoicism in a time of pandemic: how Marcus Aurelius can help - The Meditations, by a Roman emperor who died in a plague named after him, has much to say about how ...

April 24, 2020 - Here’s a blog that PROBABLY is about SUGGESTING a change that MIGHT be coming and COULD affect the industry… - JVH, Parking Today - I have been reading headlines from the MSM lately and find certain words ...

April 24, 2020 - OMG A Blog That’s Actually About Parking - JVH, Parking Today - The City of Anchorage, AK is ‘moving ahead’ with charging hotels for the loading zones in front of their ...

April 23, 2020 - Mark Cuban Speaks Out - JVH, Parking Today - This is a time of confusion for many. What to do, What to do? I read quotes from many CEO’s and they seem locked into ...

April 22, 2020 - Will we settle for just beating the virus, or will we build a better world? - Carefully constructed, this will bring many derivative benefits, including more long-term stable employment, clean air and healthier ...

April 21, 2020 - Some Good News in a time of Crisis - JVH, Parking Today - I received the following from Ellis Dumont, CEO of Advanced Parking Concepts. Congratulations to him and ...

April 21, 2020 - Are the Pandemic Changes Permanent? - JVH, Parking Today - Adam Benzion, writing in Fast Company, posits that moving online is the way to go and that ...

April 20, 2020 - Extra!!!! Special Pandemic Edition of PT now On line Extra!!! - JVH, Parking Today - We have been overwhelmed with stories about parking and the pandemic so we decided to prepare an ‘on line’ edition of Parking Today ...

April 20, 2020 - Unnecessary Customer Interactions - JVH, Parking Today - I read that headline on an article coming out in PT May with horror. Yes I understand social ...

April 15, 2020 - Musings on CV-19 and Parking - JVH, Parking Today - In the previous blog I posited that the populace would eventually shrug off social distancing and the rest and ...

April 14, 2020 - A Little Consistency, Please - JVH, Parking Today - Americans aren’t stupid. If our betters tell us to do one thing, then tell ...

April 10, 2020 - Happy Easter - JVH, Parking Today - Christians believe that Christ was crucified and died today, 2000 years ago and then was raised from the dead on Sunday ...

April 10, 2020 - Death by PowerPoint - JVH, Parking Today - “OMG, not another Webinar.” How often have you heard or said that, particularly at this time of social distancing? ...

April 9, 2020 - MIT has an ambitious plan to detect if you’ve been exposed to the coronavirus - There are three basic steps to stamping out the spread of a highly contagious disease such ...

April 8, 2020 - Using Zoom for job interviews right now makes an age-old problem even worse - The pandemic presents a chance for companies to try to stamp out unconscious bias by interviewing candidates on the old- ...

April 7, 2020 - It was just the Cars… - JVH, Parking Today - I can do nothing but laugh at the arrogance of some people. I just read a long article in “Wired” about the incoming head of ...

April 7, 2020 - Don Shoup and Pricing the Curb - JVH, Parking Today - My UCLA buddy Don Shoup has penned a missif for the IPMI which basically rehashes his decade old theories about ...

April 6, 2020 - Coronavirus is crushing the economy. Here’s how to bring it back to life - Much of America is under lockdown to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus. In a couple months, when this first phase of the ...

April 6, 2020 - “The Recovery of the Parking Industry May be Faster than you Think.” - JVH, Parking Today - I’m preparing the May issue of Parking Today and have come across and article we will be featuring. “The New Commute ...

April 3, 2020 - The Urban Forest, Part Deux - JVH, Parking Today - So we hardened up the kitchen, and closed off the dog door at night – to keep ...

April 2, 2020 - The Urban Forest - JVH, Parking Today - We noticed the other day that the cat was eating a lot more than usual. We feed him ...

April 2, 2020 - In times of crisis – Innovation thrives - JVH, Parking Today - I received this note from Spot Parking’s CEO Elizabeth Zealand. If you have any innovation that has emerged ...

April 1, 2020 - Hiatus - JVH, Parking Today - A temporary gap, pause, break, or absence can be called a hiatus. When your favorite TV show ...

March 31, 2020 - How businesses could emerge better after COVID-19, according to B Lab - This is an opportunity for us to focus on both how business and government play a role in building a more resilient economic system for the next ...

March 30, 2020 - I can only imagine… - JVH, Parking Today - We must stay positive in difficult times, but its difficult in the face of a Tsunami of news that even the most ‘glass if half full’ ...

March 30, 2020 - Some Small Reason for Optimism - JVH, Parking Today - I had an interesting discussion with a neighbor during my ‘Suki Walk” (dog walk) yesterday. She is an RN at a local 480 bed hospital. I asked her ...

March 28, 2020 - Walker Consultants Offers Guidelines to CV-19 Testing in Garages - JVH, Parking Today - Mary Smith over at Walker Consultants has let me know that they have posted a white paper on their web sites ...

March 27, 2020 - Working from home? Here’s how to separate the ‘work’ from the ‘home’ - Full-time remote work is the new normal—at least for now. Establishing ...

March 27, 2020 - Dispersion – What will it mean to Parking - JVH, Parking Today - So, our betters have been telling us for years that living in cities, in small apartments cheek by jowl, is ...

March 26, 2020 - A Bit of Blue Sky - JVH, Parking Today - Companies that serve the populace are hiring, in the face of the pandemic. Do they know something we don’t? We have had a ...

March 26, 2020 - I know I sound like a broken record, but I can’t help myself - JVH, Parking Today - Those of you who read this regularly know that I don’t watch television news ...

March 25, 2020 - San Diego Reels with Parking Everywhere PIE 2020 - JVH, Parking Today - San Diego lived up to its reputation as having the best weather in the US on Tuesday as blue ...

March 24, 2020 - PIE 2020 Breaks Records in San Diego ... JVH, Parking Today - PIE 2020 opened this morning to a beautiful day in San Diego. Blue skies and white puffy clouds ...

March 23, 2020 - I Look out the Window… JVH, Parking Today - I went to the store a week ago and the shelves were empty. No bread, no ...

March 20, 2020 - Is “Work from home” Really better? - JVH, Parking Today - Joe has an interesting point in his response to my last blog. Could all the ‘work from home’ requirements ...

March 19, 2020 - “We are Doing OK – But Those Guys Over there are in Real Trouble” - JVH, Parking Today - As I call around checking the temperature of the industry, I seem to get comments like the one above. Of course ...

March 17, 2020 - An Entire Industry Shuts Down - JVH, Parking Today - When we are told we can’t meet, can’t go to restaurants, can’t go the theaters, can’t travel and must work from ...

March 16, 2020 - Update on Cancellation of PIE 2020 - JVH, Parking Today - Last week, the San Diego Convention Center (SDCC) announced that every event scheduled for March had been cancelled upon direction of the San Diego ...

March 12, 2020 - In light of the Governor’s announcement, PIE 2020 is officially Cancelled - JVH, Parking Today - California is banning mass gatherings of 250 people or more until the end of March in response to the coronavirus ...

March 9, 2020 - 4 ways Google looks for emotional intelligence in job candidates - EI is a sought-after quality. Here are some ways people at Google look for it during the application ...

March 7, 2020 - PIE 2020 IS CANCELED - Effective today, PIE 2020 is canceled. This was not an easy decision for us to make. We understand that the decision affects over a thousand exhibitors and attendees, but we feel it’s the appropriate action based on the environment in which we find ourselves ...

March 4, 2020 - Putting things into perspective - JVH, Parking Today - I’m as concerned as the next guy about the Coronavirus. But if we ...

March 2, 2020 - How to design a smart city that’s built on empowerment—not corporate surveillance - There’s a way to incorporate tech into a city that creates more equity and connection, not just opportunities to ...

Feb 28, 2020 - What’s New in Parking: Dynamic Pricing - Todd Tucker, Arrive - In partnership with Smarking, the industry’s leading business intelligence and yield management technology solution provider, Arrive launched dynamic ...

Feb 27, 2020 - PIE 2020 Reacts to Coronavirus - JVH, Parking Today - We at the Parking Industry Expo take the concerns about the Coronavirus very seriously. We have researched the issue ...

Feb 25, 2020 - Tech Outpaces the Skill Sets of the Users - JVH, Parking Today - My friend Tom Wunk over at T2 systems called the other ...

Feb 20, 2020 - How to coach your brain to increase your attention span - The biggest source of external stimulation, though, comes from your email and phone. We have ...

Feb 18, 2020 - It May Seem Obvious… - JVH, Parking Today - Although it may seem obvious, I think we oftentimes miss it. We tell ourselves ...

Feb 14, 2020 - Will We Be the Next Reason People Decide to Stay Home? - JVH, Parking Today - What does this mean to the parking industry. Reread the line above about the ...

Feb 13, 2020 - This Might Explain a Lot - JVH, Parking Today - “We encourage them to above and beyond their class work anyway, if you ...

Feb 13, 2020 - Go to Nevada — Roll the Dice - JVH, Parking Today - The State of Nevada has changed the requirements to get a driver’s ...

Feb 12, 2020 - How to Improve Teamwork in the Workplace - Individuals who know their strengths work together to form better ...

Feb 11, 2020 - The Local Regulations That Can Kill E-Scooters - David Zipper, PIE 2020 KeyNote Speaker - On paper, San Diego seems like perfect e-scooter country. It’s got terrific ...

Feb 10, 2020 - Thanks to you, PIE 2020 Breaks All Records - JVH, Parking Today - Or at least it will…Attendee registration is running 58% ahead of the same date last year. Booth ...

Feb 3, 2020 - In this new Dutch neighborhood, there will be 1 shared car for every 3 households - Merwede, a new proposed neighborhood in Utrecht being designed specifically to enhance Dutch biking ...

Jan 30, 2020 - Mundane Mobility Over Headline Grabbing Technology - JVH, Parking Today - PIE 2020 is honored to have David Zipper as our keynote speaker. Here are a few takaways ...

Jan 29, 2020 - It (Still) Comes Back To The Curb - Keith B Jones, Ace Mobility Solutions - When was the last time you were faced with a long and nuanced undertaking, something that ...

Jan 28, 2020 - In 20 years, your boss may track your every glance, keystroke, and heartbeat - In the future you may be working less for “the man” and more for the machine—machine ...

Jan 24, 2020 - A Question and an Answer that Proves I have no Clue - JVH, Parking Today - I got a note yesterday from a buddy at UCLA, no ...

Jan 23, 2020 - Why they Hate us – Reason 4,321- Aren’t we Better than This? - JVH, Parking Today - It goes like this. Parker pays fee to park. Places receipt on dash. When door closes, receipt ...

Jan 23, 2020 - Parking Authority Vs Law of Unintended Consequences - JVH, Parking Today - I was perusing Parknews.biz and found an entry concerning Allentown, PA and my favorite law ...

Jan 21, 2020 - Social Media and Parking, What a Disaster - JVH, Parking Today - The social media headline read: It cost me $920 to have the Barnacle removed from my car, signed ...

Jan 20, 2020 - “Can I interest you in a Coffee and a Prune Danish?” - JVH, Parking Today - I attended a high tech conference at CES earlier this month sponsored by my friends at Arrive and Flowbird. The thrust was autonomous ...

Jan 20, 2020 - Connected People — Rude and Self Involved - JVH, Parking Today - Connected cars are one thing, but what about connected people. Have you noticed that most of us ...

Jan 13, 2020 - The Uber Case: Why Micro-Mobility Companies Need a Better Business Plan - Last week, shared e-scooter company Lime announced a significant downsizing of its operation and a new focus on profitability ...

Jan 9, 2020 - As Garage Usage Dwindles, Operators Are Starting To Charge More To Park Luxury Vehicles - When Lisa Nickerson, the owner of a Boston-based marketing firm, traded in her Audi for a Tesla last year, a ...

Dec 20, 2019 - Focus — on Christmas - JVH, Parking Today - Focus – That’s my issue – I’m having a difficult time focusing on work. This ...

Dec 16, 2019 - Explosive Creativity - JVH, Parking Today - This time of year, I begin to think about the future. I’m not sure why, I can barely deal ...

Dec 13, 2019 - Don’t Let Fear Paralyze You: Becoming a Smart City Can Be Easier Than You Think - Andy Souders, All Traffic Solutions - Smart city. The words elicit dreams of utopia. And fear. When communities do smart city ...

Dec 12, 2019 - Jack Welch’s Approach to Breaking Down Silos Still Works - Working across organizational boundaries was a new way of thinking 25 years ago —one that was ...

Dec 4, 2019 - 3 ways to train your brain to perform better under pressure - Life is filled with high-pressure situations. But you can teach your brain to perform better in these ...

Nov 27, 2019 - Build it and then Tear it down — Good Decision - JVH, Parking Today - Rick Seibert, parking guru at the city of Charlottesville, VA, reached out to the parking ...

Nov 27, 2019 - Separate the Money from the Enforcement - JVH, Parking Today - When I spoke at a recent regional parking event, I was riffing on the money involved in municipal parking ...

Nov 26, 2019 - “24/6” Living with Tech Shabbat - JVH, Parking Today - It is amazing. Day after tomorrow is Thanksgiving. And a month later ...