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Jan 19, 2021 - The Money Comes From Only One Place… - JVH, Parking Today - I was reading Astrid’s piece over on Parknews.biz on parking tax in Hartford, CT, and could only shake my ...

Jan 19, 2021 - A $100 Hammer Might be Underpriced - JVH, Parking Today - I spoke to a student from USC this morning. He was calling to learn ‘more about the parking industry.’ He ...

Jan 19, 2021 - Parking Today Celebrates 25 Years - JVH, Parking Today - It was 1996. Bill Clinton was elected president. Gas was $1.22 a gallon. The Dow closed the year at 6400. Mad Cow ...

Jan 19, 2021 - ParkNews.biz Week of Jan 12th-18th, 2021 – Will raising taxes or fees on parking help or hurt the economy? - This week, Hartford, CT is in the news due to the city’s “considering an expanded fee on private ...

Jan 18, 2021 - Parking Today Announces PT Plus - Membership to this exclusive club, with its many benefits, is now open. This ...

Jan 15, 2021 - Perseverance, It’s All There Is - JVH, Parking Today - The IPMI’s Shawn Conrad is a reader. Looking for inspiration in our time of trouble, he picked up David McCollough’s ...

Jan 12, 2021 - Nostradamus – Right or Wrong? - JVH, Parking Today - Yes, we hear about the French sage Nostradamus and revel in the ‘predictions’ of virtually everything from ...

Jan 12, 2021 - ParkNews.biz week of Jan 5th- 11th, 2021 – FlashParking, Arrive, Airport Travel, PT Plus and more … - This past week, the first week of the new year, the biggest news in ...

Jan 5, 2021 - Cars are Freedom, How Can We Help? - JVH, Parking Today - There are two articles over on Parknews.biz that caught my eye this morning. One has to do with “Parking ...

Jan 5, 2021 - ParkNews.biz, Jan 5th, 2021 – Starting the New Year with a beginner's mind! - “We focus on our goal, anchor on our plan, and neglect relevant base rates, exposing ...

Dec 31, 2020 - Happy New Year! - JVH, Parking Today - As we contemplate the New Year, today’s quotation over on Parknews.biz is most ...

Dec 31, 2020 Sezzle Now Worth More Than 1 Billion Charlie Youakim Says It was a year on a Rocket Ship

Dec 23, 2020 - Its Christmas Eve – Time to Dump Everything on your Desk on Someone Else - JVH, Parking Today - A few decades ago when I was working in the trenches the ...

Dec 22, 2020 - FAAC Buys TIBA - JVH, Parking Today - Word is out that Italian based FAAC has purchased TIBA. FAAC is the owner of Hub Parking Technologies, Datapark, and Zeag ...

Dec 21, 2020 - High Tech Questions - JVH Parking Today - The following blog asks at least 16 questions. Can you answer all of them? Or ...

Dec 21, 2020 - In Hoc Anno Domini - JVH, Parking Today - The phrase In Hoc Anno Domini refers to the conversion of St. Paul on the road to Damascus. Every year, on Christmas Eve ...

Dec 18, 2020 - 3 lessons COVID-19 has taught us about remote work - Citi’s CEO, Michael Corbat, thinks productivity may suffer with long-term remote work. Facebook’s Mark ...

Dec 17, 2020 - Giving Offense - JVH, Parking Today - Why are we so afraid of giving offense? When we do so, who is harmed? We start a ...

Dec 17, 2020 - It’s Never Too Early to Think about Christmas - JVH, Parking Today - I looked at the days my staff has off between now and the New Year and added in the days we are ...

Dec 15, 2020 - “Pluck the day”: It is all in a question – ParkNews.biz week of Dec 8th – 14th, 2020 - “Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question” – e.e. cummings - How do you “carpe diem”? What does ...

Dec 14, 2020 - New Dates for PIE 2021 - JVH, Parking Today - We are fortunate to have been able to nudge the Parking Industry Exhibition forward in time and move the dates to May ...

Dec 8, 2020 - Triggers - JVH, Parking Today - Is it possible that words or phrases we use have exactly the opposite effect on the reader ...

Dec 8, 2020 - Uncertain Times - JVH, Parking Today - Astrid’s piece this morning over at Parknews.biz reminds us that there have never been ‘certain times.’ She writes: Every slogan ...

Dec 8, 2020 - Teams…Are they the best or the worst? - JVH, Parking Today - There used to be two teams in every workplace: management and labor. Now there’s a third team, the linchpins ...

Dec 8, 2020 - Move, Drive, Park, Act – Don’t Give Up! – ParkNews.biz Dec 1st-7th, 2020 - Los Angeles and the rest of California are under the new stay at home order. Lockdown again. However ...

Dec 7, 2020 - Malaise is more contagious than Covid - JVH, Parking Today - As some states begin another ‘lockdown’ I have been considering malaise. Its like a low grade ...

Dec 4, 2020 - Good Enough is No Longer Good Enough - JVH, Parking Today - I received a missif from my son, the high school principal, today. I will edit the personal stuff. Here is the most ...

Dec 1, 2020 - “The law of the instrument” – ParkNews.biz week of Nov 24th- 30th, 2020 - As Abraham Maslow said in 1966, “I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a ...

Nov 30, 2020 - Blind Spot - JVH, Parking Today - When I began this post I was thinking about the ‘Blind Spot’ of which every single driver ...

Nov 26, 2020 - Sometimes Its Hard to be Thankful - JVH, Parking Today - Looking back on 2020 its hard to be thankful. We are faced with a pandemic, economic disruption, a chaotic ...

Nov 24, 2020 - Fly, Eat out, Park: ParkNews.biz Nov 17th- 23rd, 2020 - Kudos to the Miami Parking Authority and PayByPhone for ...

Nov 23, 2020 - Don’t pay the Ransom, I’ve Escaped - JVH, Parking Today - I know, its been a while since I have blogged. We all get down a bit. But this past week has been an eyeopener ...

Nov 17, 2020 - The future of work, independence, parking and transportation – ParkNews.biz Nov 10th-16th, 2020 - Since the pandemic begun, have you been working from home or your office? What do you prefer? ...

Nov 10, 2020 - What will the future bring and when can we leave zoom behind – ParkNews.biz Nov 3rd- 9th, 2020 - Prop 22 passed in California this past week. Are Uber and Lyft ...

Nov 5, 2020 - People are just Tired, But Annie has it right! - JVH, Parking Today - Astrid pointed out this morning that as she walked to the post office yesterday, her neighborhood seemed ...

Nov 3, 2020 - The freedom of driving your car to work – ParkNews.biz week of Oct 27th-Nov 2nd, 2020 - Voting for good news! This week on ParkNews.biz, there is an article from ...

Oct 27, 2020 - Why Have Vacations? - JVH, Parking Today - ParkMobile has done a survey on people taking vacations and where, how long ...

Oct 27, 2020 - LPR – A Hot Topic - JVH, Parking Today - The post I wrote a few days ago on License Plate Recognition has exploded on ...

Oct 27, 2020 - The boomerang affect – when it all returns to you – ParkNews.biz notes Oct 20-26, 2020 - “We build too many walls and not enough bridges.” –Isaac Newton. Next week ..

Oct 26, 2020 - A Solution for the Divisive Crisis in which We Find Ourselves - JVH, Parking Today - There is no question that the election season 2020 is divisive; brother against sister, husband against wife, neighbor against ...

Oct 23, 2020 - The Act of Voting - JVH, Parking Today - I have had to incidents in the past week that have turned me against voting by mail ...

Oct 23, 2020 - Better to punt than be wrong - JVH, Parking Today - Michelle over at the IPMI has penned a very good piece on voting. She ...

Oct 22, 2020 - Does your PARCS system really work? - JVH, Parking Today - To answer that question one has to understand what ‘work’ means to the questioner. In dealing with ...

Oct 20, 2020 - The Great Barrington Declaration and Focused Protection: Full Parking Lots, Churches, Airports – ParkNews.biz Oct 13 – 19, 2020 - Dreaming of a world where parking lots, airports, shopping centers, churches and other ...

Oct 19, 2020 - Can LPR Accurately Identify 100% of the Cars Scanned? - JVH, Parking Today - This is one of those situations where you have to know the answers before you ask the ...

Oct 16, 2020 - Monk, Love Boat, and the rest - JVH, Parking Today - I have become so disheartened with the news and other programs on television that I simply cannot continue ...

Oct 12, 2020 - Negative!!! - JVH, Parking Today - I was feeling rather punk this past week. Nothing serious but a little achy and kinda ...

Oct 5, 2020 - I am bored out of my mind - JVH, Parking Today - I have been sitting here trying to figure out why. Normally I am bubbling over with ideas to put down on paper, or planning ...

Oct 1, 2020 - “Never Let a Serious Crisis go to Waste…” - JVH, Parking Today - Over on the IPMI Forum, Casey Jones is holding forth on the ...

Oct 1, 2020 - Deadlines - JVH, Parking Today - Have you ever noticed how having a deadline focuses your thinking. We are an organization ...

Sep 28, 2020 - Back in the Day ... - JVH, Parking Today - Back in the day, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, to get something past an editor and into a newspaper or on a news program ...

Sep 24, 2020 - Why Not Just Leave Well Enough Alone? - JVH, Parking Today - Governor Newsom of California has announced that he is ruling that by 2035 there will be no passenger cars ...

Sep 21, 2020 - What if? - JVH, Parking Today - We hear daily from those writing about the pandemic that we are entering a “new normal.” This new life means that the typical business ...

Sep 16, 2020 - The Virtual World…A Few Questions - JVH, Parking Today - I have been trolling around the NPA PMX LIVE Event this morning and find it technically amazing ...

Sep 16, 2020 - I Wander Virtually Around PMX - JVH, Parking Today - I’ve spent the last couple of hours visiting exhibitors at the NPA PMX Virtual event. I attempted to ask questions that would ...

Sep 14, 2020 - NPA’s PMX Live is On the Air – Join JVH There - The NPA’s Virtual Trade Event is up and running. You can link to it here. I have ...

Sep 11, 2020 - 9/11 - JVH, Parking Today - Where were you when the twin towers were attacked? If you are more than 25 years old I bet you ...

Sep 11, 2020 - On the Road, Well at least the Internet, Again - JVH, Parking Today - Willie Nelson would be proud. We are on the road again to attend the National Parking ...

Sep 2, 2020 - If You are Going Through Hell, Keep Going - JVH, Parking Today - That line is from Winston Churchill. He knew what he was talking about. His time as leader of the UK ...

Sep 2, 2020 - The Most Important Key - JVH, Parking Today - If I asked you what is the most important button on your phone or computer ...

Aug 31, 2020 - If You Can’t Stop the Praying, Stop the Parking - JVH, Parking Today - You have probably read about Grace Community Church in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles ...

Aug 25, 2020 - Welcome to car ownership, my friend. You are gonna love it! - JVH, Parking Today - Over on Parknews.biz, Astrid has posted an article from the The Atlantic Magazine. The article posits that millennials are buying cars ...

Aug 24, 2020 - Fight or Flight - JVH, Parking Today - "Facing fear has its challenges. It often pits us against things we’d rather not do. Stand on the roof of a ... "

Aug 19, 2020 - Resilience, It Comes from Within - JVH, Parking Today - I’m glad Casey over on the IPMI Forum is commenting on The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larsen’s portrayal of the Brits ...

Aug 18, 2020 - Yes, Friend, you are full of it… - JVH, Parking Today - I just received a piece written by a dear friend who shall remain ...

Aug 17, 2020 - That’s a Pretty Tough Policy - JVH, Parking Today - According to Chicago Sun Times Reporter Mary Mitchell: Under the current policy, “Vehicles are eligible for a boot if a registered ...

Aug 12, 2020 - Marcy Sparrow Named PT Director of Sales and Operations - Parking Today Media announced today that Marcy Sparrow has been promoted to the position of National ...

Aug 11, 2020 - What if they are Wrong? - JVH, Parking Today - We are barraged almost daily from those in ivory towers, mostly from universities and civic planners, telling us ...

Aug 10, 2020 - Finding the joy and glory of this climb! - ParkNews.biz – Aug 4-10, 2020 - This past week on ParkNews.biz, once again we see that albeit faced with obstacles and ...

Aug 10, 2020 - The Joy and Glory of the Climb - JVH, Parking Today - “Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there ..."

Aug 10, 2020 - What to do when you’re stuck in a career rut - What song do you hear in your head when you wake up in the morning? Is it something uplifting that gets you ready for ...

Aug 5, 2020 - Ryan Reynolds on ‘Deadpool,’ diversity, and the secrets of successful marketing - Over the past year, especially, he has been pioneering a new style of vertically integrated marketing. Not only does he hold a financial ...

Aug 4, 2020 - The Masque – Part Deux - JVH, Parking Today - Astrid reports over at Parknews.biz that the Dutch have determined that wearing a mask is of no particular value ...

Aug 4, 2020 - Perfect for Us, But Not for Them - JVH, Parking Today - I have been perusing a piece on Streetsblog over on Parknews.biz about the need to ‘fix’ New York City’s transportation ...

Aug 3, 2020 - Progress: The reasonable and the unreasonable of ParkNews.biz 07/28-08/03/2020 - Astrid Ambroziak, PT - “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying ...

Aug 3, 2020 - This Looks Good - JVH, Parking Today - I was out taking a cover shot for my favorite magazine and parked in the ...

July 27, 2020 - Not Mission Statements, but Mission Questions - Astrid Ambroziak, Parking Today - “Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.” – Louis D. Brandeis - Parking ...

July 27, 2020 - We are Veterans - JVH, Parking Today - From Correspondent Joe: We left home as teenagers or in our early twenties for an unknown adventure. We loved our country ...

July 23, 2020 - COVID-19 has opened the floodgates for smart cities—whether we like it or not - The COVID-19 pandemic will be “a lubricant for the smart city,” according to one urban planning expert. From banal city ...

July 22, 2020 - Further to: Race - JVH, Parking Today - I received the following via email from a parking planner in Virginia: A thought in ...

July 21, 2020 - Is Parking Racist? Part 2 - JVH, Parking Today - I wrote last month that I was going to host a discussion on racism in parking. I had read a number of articles about the topic ...

July 21, 2020 - Yep… We Changed the Dates for PIE 2021 — It’s Now Set for April 12-15 - JVH, Parking Today - We are announcing new dates for PIE 2021. Our venue has offered us new dates and we grabbed them up. PIE 2021 will ...

July 14, 2020 - Is Parking Back? - JVH, Parking Today - Is parking back? Will the recovery be a “V” or a lopsided “S”? The answers to these ...

July 7, 2020 - Some Good News – Looking out the Window - JVH, Parking Today - I have noticed that the number of cars in the garage under ...

July 6, 2020 - Little Things - JVH, Parking Today - Have you ever noticed that sometimes it’s the ‘little things’ that really get under your skin ...

July 2, 2020 - It's About Independence and Opportunity - JVH, Parking Today - Celebrations like Independence Day, Memorial Day, and ...

June 30, 2020 - Don't Panic -- Third Quarter Begins Tomorrow - JVH, Parking Today - My industry sources tell me that many of the ...

June 26, 2020 - Is the Parking Industry racist? - JVH I have been thinking about the maelstrom in which we find ourselves. Is everything truly about race.

June 22, 2020 - The Masque - JVH, Parking Today - OK, I’ll admit it, I am not comfortable wearing a mask. Its hot, its smelly, it fogs ...

June 22, 2020 - Looking out the Window – This Rebound is a good thing - JVH, Parking Today - As I drove around Southern California on Friday there was a sense that we were ...