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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

September 16, 2024

September 14, 2024 - Big parking changes could be coming to San Diego's Convoy District

September 16, 2024 - Charlotte, North Carolina, to start issuing fines on public parking in South End and Uptown Charlotte

September 16, 2024 - Parking puzzle on Hilton Head could get pricier for visitors, cheaper for residents in South Carolina

September 15, 2024 - The Reason Trader Joe's Parking Lots Are So Small

September 16, 2024 - University of Montana adds more than 200 parking spaces

September 13, 2024 - Islamabad introduces Digital Parking in major step toward smarter cities (Pakistan)

September 12, 2024 - Elon University students struggle to find parking on campus

September 13, 2024 – Washington, Iowa, continues to push for street, yard parking rules

September 13, 2024

September 12, 2024 - Smart parking sensors: three key elements to consider

September 12, 2024 - Crunch time: Pirates, Pitt fans could be jockeying for parking before Saturday's Backyard Brawl

September 12, 2024 - Tail cone from a C-17 lands in school parking lot in Hanahan, South Carolina

September 12, 2024 - How Park(ing) Day Leads to Permanent Change

September 12, 2024 - New downtown parking in Nashville, Tennessee, has longer hours and affordable rates, Broadway's musicians pleased

September 12, 2024 - Mayor Kelly announces initiative to tackle downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee, parking woes

September 12, 2024 - Philadelphia suburb cracks down on abandoned cars with new parking initiative

September 11, 2024 - Taos, New Mexico, preps 'comprehensive' parking meter plans

September 12, 2024 - St. Cloud, Minnesota, to Hold Public Hearing on Revising Parking Requirements for Future Residential Neighborhoods

September 12, 2024 - Businesses threaten to leave downtown Ogden, Utah, over paid parking plan

September 12, 2024 - $700,000 Towers Building parking lot project nears completion in Steubenville, Ohio

September 12, 2024 - Isle of Palms, South Carolina, police say parking ticket agency increased police capability

September 12, 2024 - Overcrowded and overpriced: University of Cincinnati’s parking system needs a change

September 12, 2024 - Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Regional Airport maintains record pace as parking ramp prepares to open

September 11, 2024 - Glasgow, Montana, Downtown Parking Project To Begin

September 12, 2024 - Five London municipal parking lots being considered for redevelopment into high-density housing (UK)

September 11, 2024 - North Berwick, Scotland, parking charges "blatant money-making scheme" (UK)

September 12, 2024

September 11, 2024 - Downtown Gainesville, Florida, parking enforcement begins Monday

September 11, 2024 - Windsor, Ontario, facing uphill battle to collect unpaid parking ticket revenue (Canada)

September 11, 2024 - Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, Borough Council to consider updating parking fees, system

September 11, 2024 - Student parking complaints escalate, University of Mississippi strategizes solutions

September 11, 2024 - "Boycott car park and pool" call as readers outraged after 6 minutes parking fine (U.K.)

September 11, 2024 - Council discussion on downtown parking restrictions continues in Marshalltown, Iowa

September 11, 2024 - Auckland driver infuriated by parking ticket after machine wouldn't let her pay (New Zealand)

September 11, 2024 - Thousands back petition opposing Harpenden on-street parking changes (U.K.)

September 11, 2024

September 11, 2024 - How Should Parking be Priced in College Towns?

September 9, 2024 - Chicago man fights $3,700 in parking tickets, some violations from the same night

September 9, 2024 - Point Pleasant, West Virginia, to build parking garage to help with tourism traffic

September 11, 2024 - Altoona, Pennsylvania, parking authority deal still up in air

September 9, 2024 - A car-free future? A Banana Slug alum is targeting one obscure regulation to get there

September 10, 2024 - Greenport, New York, conducts a 45-day parking test

September 10, 2024 – Wichita, Kansas, City Council receives update on paid parking plan

September 10, 2024 - Eastvale, California, launches grant program for license plate recognition cameras in shopping centers

September 10, 2024 - Bringing New Life to a Downtown Parking Garage in Albuquerque, New Mexico

September 10, 2024 - Drivers warned not to use parking meter QR codes in Stroud District (UK)

September 10, 2024

September 9, 2024 – New Orleans’ Office of Nighttime Economy Seeks to Expand Safe and Affordable Parking for Hospitality Workers and Culture-Bearers

September 9, 2024 - West Lafayette, Indiana, city councilors called parking meter ordinance unclear, even when they voted for it

September 9, 2024 - Why free beach parking might be going away in Fort Pierce, Florida

September 9, 2024 - City Grant to Help Columbus College of Art & Design Convert Parking Lot into Park

September 9, 2024 - Dallas Fort Worth International Airport construction closures begin with Express South Parking and a section of Terminal C's parking garage

September 9, 2024 - Council to debate moving to digital parking payments in Windsor, Ontario (Canada)

September 9, 2024

September 6, 2024 - Increased paid parking time proposal for Nashville, Tennessee, set for next Metro Traffic Commission meeting

September 6, 2024 - Volusia, Florida, residents can register for free beach parking while others have to pay. Here's when

September 6, 2024 - Auraria Campus in Denver, Colorado, addresses parking payment glitches with kiosk upgrades, enhanced customer support

September 8, 2024 - Columbus, Ohio, airport permanently closes covered parking lot

September 6, 2024 - Parking spaces to be used as IKEA collection bays (UK)

September 8, 2024 - Addis Ababa introduces digital parking tickets (Ethiopia)

September 6, 2024 - Bristol drivers could face big increase in parking costs (UK)

September 6, 2024 - Hoboken, New Jersey, ending free Sunday parking on Washington Street, increasing other fees

September 8, 2024 - Zagreb introduces Sunday paid parking (Croatia)

September 8, 2024 - Surrey Council announces first car parks to go cashless (UK)

September 6, 2024

September 5, 2024 - Little Rock, Arkansas, airport to adopt cashless parking system

September 5, 2024 - Madrid to ban e-scooters for reckless driving and chaotic parking

September 4, 2024 - 49ers defend controversial new Levi's Stadium parking policy

September 5, 2024 - Lessons in Simplicity: Sheetz Hosts a ‘Convenient’ Pop-up Parking Lot Concert

September 5, 2024 - City council approves parking lot improvement project in Historic Roseville, California

September 4, 2024 – Butte, Montana, commissioners sign off on parking enforcement for streets, Uptown garage

September 5, 2024 - Officials in Boulder and across Colorado are re-thinking parking which sounds boring but is actually a big deal

September 4, 2024 - Iowa State University's StuGov launches parking ticket relief program

September 5, 2024 - Parking garage proposed in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, to assist tourism and business

September 4, 2024 - Backlash over 'insane' parking system as Aussie council goes cashless (Australia)

September 5, 2024 - Island residents on Brisbane's east coast record a song to lobby for more parking at their local ferry terminal (Australia)

September 5, 2024 - Concerns over future of council-owned car parks in Cornwall (United Kingdom)

September 4, 2024 - The South Shore takes advantage of free parking at Duxbury Beach in Massachusetts

September 5, 2024 - Company uses automatic parking offender system - illegal for police (Switzerland)

September 5, 2024

September 4, 2024 - Twice As Many Small Towns Have Eliminated Parking Mandates As Large Cities

September 4, 2024 - From cashless parking to more contactless checkouts, here's what's new at Acrisure Stadium

September 4, 2024 - Stop scanning random QR codes

September 4, 2024 - Portland International Airport Will Pay Parking Every Saturday in September

September 4, 2024 - Got a text message about a parking ticket in Yellowknife? it's probably a scam (Canada)

September 3, 2024 – Manhattan, Kansas, police void nearly 20 parking tickets after K-State football season opener

September 3, 2024 - Parking deck demolition brings 130 new, temporary parking spaces in downtown Haverhill, Massachusetts

September 4, 2024 - LexPark leader explains reasons for parking citation hikes in Lexington, Kentucky

September 3, 2024 - Parking meter ordinance unanimously passed at West Lafayette, Indiana, City Council

September 4, 2024 - Parking and transport projects up for discussion in English town of Grimsby (UK)

September 4, 2024

September 4, 2024 - Market Street Parking Garage in Wheeling, West Virginia, To Be Finished Next Week

September 3, 2024 - Los Altos, California, residents riled over plan of parking plaza use for housing

September 3, 2024 - NYC cracks down on website listing parking lots near JFK Airport. Why they say travelers need to be wary

September 3, 2024 - City of Lawrence, Kansas, Parking Amnesty Program goes live

September 3, 2024 - If approved, new West Lafayette, Indiana, parking meters may cost up to $3 an hour

September 3, 2024 - Iowa City, Iowa, considers decrease in parking rates downtown

September 3, 2024 - Brookfield, Illinois, picks contractor for new public parking lot

September 3, 2024 - Opinion: It’s Time to Say ‘No’ to Car Drivers and ‘Yes’ to Ending Parking Mandates in NYC