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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

October 10, 2024

October 10, 2024 - Charlotte Douglas International Airport unveils new parking rewards program

October 9, 2024 - New Boise, Idaho, airport cell phone lot to ease parking congestion

October 9, 2024 - Hurricane Milton evacuees are taking refuge in Walmart parking lots

October 9, 2024 - Renovation plans move forward for Cascade Parking Deck in Akron, Ohio

October 10, 2024 - Avon, Colorado, takes stock of parking management program 10 months after implementation

October 9, 2024 - Payment-in-lieu parking fee cost could double for downtown developers in Loudoun, Virginia

October 9, 2024 - Matthews, North Carolina, refuses railroad company's "money grab" to charge for free downtown parking

October 9, 2024

October 8, 2024 - Can parking garages alleviate the housing and homelessness crisis?

October 7, 2024 - Benton Harbor, Michigan, commissioners approve purchase of paid parking kiosks

October 8, 2024 - Paid parking is coming soon to downtown Riverhead, New York, with trial run to begin later this month

October 8, 2024 - Chattanooga, Tennessee, City Council approves higher parking tickets and fees for illegal parking; adds 51 paid spots in North Chattanooga

October 8, 2024

October 7, 2024 - Dallas Love Field parking and valet rates rise: What you need to know

October 7, 2024 - Paid parking implemented at North America's biggest ski resort in Utah

October 7, 2024 – Salisbury, Maryland, City Council considers new parking ordinance from Salisbury Police Department

October 7, 2024 - Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, traffic study recommends possible changes to parking and transportation

October 7, 2024 - Parking rate hikes considered that could be adjusted to manage demand, boost revenue in Pasadena, California

October 7, 2024 - Excelsior, Minnesota, considers adding more downtown paid parking

October 7, 2024 - Odd-even parking begins in Grand Rapids, Michigan, November 1st

October 7, 2024 - Mystic, Connecticut, parking plans draw concerns as officials consider pausing development

October 7, 2024

October 6, 2024 - City of Tampa, Florida, offering free parking in garages to avoid flood risks

October 7, 2024 - Shopper's fury over $65 parking fine reignites debate: "Don't pay" (Australia)

October 6, 2024 - Residential parking concerns persist in Manassas, Virginia

October 6, 2024 - Beverly Hills, California, City Council considers preferential parking regulations

October 6, 2024 - Temporary parking installed in downtown Westfield, Indiana

October 7, 2024 - Colony Plaza in Millcreek, Pennsylvania, has a new owner and plan to expand employee, customer parking

October 4, 2024

October 3, 2024 - Ogden, Utah, mayor stops downtown paid parking program for now, apologizes to community

October 3, 2024 - Pennsylvania Dem Rep. Susan Wild’s car booted in DC after racking up $775 in fines, parking in handicap spot

October 3, 2024 - Will Indicted Mayor Adams’s Bid to Eliminate NYC Parking Mandates Survive Council Review?

October 3, 2024 - This New Jersey Shore town writes the most parking tickets. Where does your town rank?

October 3, 2024 - Seaside Heights, New Jersey, Due to Lose More Parking Spaces Next Season, Researching Garage

October 3, 2024 - New Jersey bill would make it easier for veterans to get accessible parking privileges

October 3, 2024 - City of Akron, Ohio, planning Cascade Parking Deck improvements

October 3, 2024 - Expanded parking part of new upgrades at Balloon Fiesta Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico

October 3, 2024 - Parking limits are coming to Portland, Oregon, streets around Moda Center

October 3, 2024 - Toronto tribunal reduced 40% of parking ticket fines last year on appeals citing 'hardships' (Canada)

October 3, 2024 - Be aware of unpaid parking ticket scam in Clarington, Ontario (Canada)

October 3, 2024 - Concerns rise in North Omaha, Nebraska, as city replaces street parking with bike lanes

October 2, 2024 - Students and faculty voice frustration with parking experience at Washington University in St. Louis

October 3, 2024 - Manchester, Vermont, Selectboard imposes moratorium on 'payment in lieu of parking'

October 3, 2024 - Ongoing efforts to improve parking and traffic challenges in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

October 3, 2024 - Laramie, Wyoming, City Council work session tosses around ideas to increase downtown parking

October 3, 2024

October 2, 2024 - San Fransico bans overnight parking for RVs on most city streets

October 2, 2024 - City of Cleveland, Ohio, begins demolition of Sheraton Airport Hotel for Cleveland Hopkins parking expansion

October 2, 2024 - If you think parking has gotten more expensive in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, you're right

October 2, 2024 - The College of New Jersey to debut new commuter parking spaces and parking enforcement upgrades

October 2, 2024 - Texas Christian University moves forward with plans to build more student housing and parking, growing campus in Fort Worth, Texas

October 2, 2024 - Nashua, New Hampshire, Adjusts Parking Fees, Fines To Ensure 'Greater Turnover In High Demand Areas'

October 2, 2024 - Consultant shares more than 20 'action plans' to help New Smyrna Beach, Florida, address parking concerns

October 2, 2024 - Bath, New York, to auction off vintage parking meter heads

October 1, 2024 - Greenfield, Massachusetts, announces free lunch parking at this garage

October 2, 2024 - Bedford, Massachusetts, Facilities Head Weighing Rooftop, Parking Lot Solar Arrays

October 2, 2024 - Broadway parking lot renovation marks next step for downtown Paducah, Kentucky, project

October 2, 2024 - New permit parking district proposed for Echo Park in Los Angeles

October 2, 2024 - Washington, Iowa, enacts new street parking restrictions

October 2, 2024

October 1, 2024 - Raleigh-Durham International Airport computer malfunction delayed departures from the airport’s parking deck

October 1, 2024 - Greensboro, North Carolina, officials address structural concerns of Bellemeade Parking Deck

October 1, 2024 - Foes invent ‘historic parking lot’ to stop California food bank

October 1, 2024 - New city parking kiosks online in entertainment district, high-traffic areas of Montgomery, Alabama

October 1, 2024 - Kansas City, Missouri, reverses course, drops some surge ‘event’ parking costs. Is your neighborhood affected?

October 1, 2024 - Dallas street parking increases to minimum $1 hourly rate

October 1, 2024 - Safe Park Indy offers overnight parking spots for people living in their cars in Indianapolis, Indiana

October 1, 2024 - CARTA Aims To Raise Parking Tickets To $20; Add 51 Paid Spots In North Chattanooga

October 1, 2024 - Public parking users in Columbia, Missouri, should expect gradual increase in enforcement

October 1, 2024 - Iowa City, Iowa, now selling overnight and weekend parking permits for its parking ramps

October 1, 2024 - Paid parking in downtown St. Joseph, Michigan, to start in May

October 1, 2024 - Benton Harbor, Michigan, to consider parking kiosks for downtown

October 1, 2024 - New Zealand parking kiosks stuck in LA mode (New Zealand)

October 1, 2024 - Krakow adopts rental solution for e-scooter parking (Poland)

October 1, 2024 - Martinez, California, Set to Talk Downtown Parking and Rate Increase

October 2, 2024 - City of Casper, Wyoming, says disabled veterans can obtain private parking space

October 1, 2024

September 30, 2024 - City of Rochester, Minnesota, to send $870,000 in past-due parking tickets to collections

September 30, 2024 - U.S. Department of Commerce invests $3.2 million for parking infrastructure improvements to support job creation in Bridgeport, West Virginia

September 30, 2024 - Hourly lot closing at Sacramento airport to make way for new parking garage

September 30, 2024 - Parking fines issued over nothing wrong to ‘innocent’ motorists (Australia)

September 30, 2024 - Woman goes viral for getting stuck in a parking garage that doesn't accept cash payments (U.K.)

September 30, 2024 - University of Connecticut's parking services increases citation rates

September 30, 2024 - Columbia Regional Airport, in Columbia, Missouri, hopes to realign roads and improve parking lots, project manager says

September 30, 2024 - LA Approves New Safe Parking Pilot

September 30, 2024 - Downtown Elizabethtown, Kentucky, facing parking challenges amid growth, BlueOval SK plant expansion

September 30, 2024 - Over 100 parking spaces added to downtown Ocala, Florida, offering

September 30, 2024 - Large commercial vehicle street parking ordinance takes effect in College Station, Texas

September 30, 2024 - MassDOT and MBTA announce S. Attleboro Station free parking from Oct. 1st

September 30, 2024

September 27, 2024 - New Englander writes book about working as a parking control officer

September 28, 2024 - Revealed: Heathrow Airport meet-and-greet operators speeding and stealing money from vehicles (U.K.)

September 27, 2024 - Ocean City, New Jersey, to buy two parking lots, upgrade the boardwalk

September 27, 2024 - Automation 9 years in the making complete for downtown Hamilton, Ohio, parking garage

September 28, 2024 - More than a million people attend the Tulsa State Fair: Where can they park?

September 27, 2024 - Neighbors, businesses upset with parking displaced by bike lanes in Denver, Colorado

September 29, 2024 - Raleigh-Durham International Airport 'equipment malfunction' causes parking delays, problems with terminal tech

September 28, 2024 - New Downtown Wheeling, West Virginia, Parking Garage Will Open After Sidewalk Installed

September 27, 2024 - Solar panels, EV charging coming to two Morristown, New Jersey, parking garages