Year: 2006

That’s an interesting term — My buddy David in Charlotte coined it in a recent comment to one of my posts. It begs the questions

When companies spend a billion dollars to buy public garages (OK lease them) do they take into account what the city can do with on

That’s "socialized" as in "socialist," not "social".  I received a copy of a letter to the Editor from the Frederick (MD) News Post. It comments

I reported last week that Standard Parking was suing everybody in sight at Rochester Airport. Read about it here: I spoke to Jack Ricchiuto ,

Stan Cramer and his family have another milestone in their quest to save their business from eminent Domain. The local court has ruled in their

OK, Christmas Day came on Monday and I don’t expect my trash to be picked up on Christmas Day. (Monday is trash day around here.)

Now that one of my sons lives within two miles of the house, and is building a family, he and his wife wanted to have

Christmas is a bit “funny” this year…We have been trained to say “Happy Holidays” by the PC crowd.  But this year, I’m hearing “Merry Christmas”

Well, it had to happen, someone disagrees with me. Here’s a response on the Jacksonville post: The parking enforcement in Downtown Jacksonvlle was draconian and

It seems that Tokyo has hired a commercial company to issue parking tickets and the number of tickets issued is up 50%. However everyone seems

Massport at Logan in Boston is reducing the close in parking to the same price as the discount parking during the holidays. HUH — does

I know that there are promo fares in the UK where it costs a pound to fly from London to Dublin, however now we see

Parking citations will be issued in Philadelphia by a new hand held permit system rather than written by hand. It is touted as a system

According to the latest reports from Jacksonville, the local merchants are not too happy about the new law increasing the time folks can park downtown

Here’s the deal here. An apartment complex has 128 four bedroom apartments. So at 2 spaces per apartment, there should be 256 spaces. In fact

OK here’s the deal… There is a housing area near UCLA known as North Village. A bunch of students live there, mostly in apartments. Its

Standard Parking is suing its former partner in Rochester.  Read the article here. I think it goes like this: Standard partnered for years with Mapco

Indianapolis — According to an article, you pull up to the curb in front of your terminal, get out, give your keys to the valet

This is a winner — The city of Jacksonville has actually passed an ordinance that promotes feeding meters and and allows folks to move their

Have you ever experienced the phenomena of hearing a word or term in a certain context for seemingly the first time, and then running into

Read about it here. The City of Sarasota is conflicted about adding meters to the downtown area. They describe the problem — not enough parking

Here’s the first graph in the USA Today Parking Story After circling in anguish for 15 minutes, holiday shopper Derek Bracey abandoned his search for

I was interviewed by the Today Show based on the article in USA Today. Read the article here. Now, a critique of the article would

People have been asking where I have been, not having blogged for six days. Well having spent 10 days on the road and away from

The Tax Administrator for SF didn’t much like my comments about his office biting off more than it can chew with its new parking ordinance.

The City of San Francisco has a new ordinance concerning off street parking and the requirements for operators to have certain types of revenue control

Well, one would think so, however the City of Berkeley, California, home of the seemingly most prestigious public university in the state, if not the

PT’s new web site is up and running — we followed the web site rule, content, content, content.  The home page changes daily with new

Just spoke to Stan Cramer — he is confident he has beaten back the Harrisburg Airport in its attempt to steal his business. Back story: 

I know this is going to be a strange post, but it seems to fit… I have always felt good when I fill up my

I was walking the floor at the CPPA event today and ran into Matt Silverman of PayLock. He told me that their company allows scofflaws

I got this email today — It is from Brian Dawson’s widow. She has been in contact with me regularly on this matter. I agree 

The P and D machines in Boston had their credit card facility turned off last week. Read about it here. Seems the credit card companies

I was in a meeting the other day when a fellow from Australia started to regale the group on "Pins". Well I thought that meant

I am visiting a company that makes a gizmo that you bury in the street and it determines whether or not the parking space is

It doesn’t exist. Sure, they have a day in March that for the past two years has been called “Thanksgiving,” but it ranks right up

The conference I’m attending is primarily the enforcement (compliance) officers from Australian Cities. They  run the folks who write tickets and collect the fines. One

Australia is a neat place — the people are friendly, the weather perfect (its summer here, after all), and the scenery breath taking. I was

Blogging from Hobart, that in Tasmania, Australia you geography challenged parking nuts. This beautiful island which is located due south of Melbourne about an hour’s

Yep — the wires are clogged (is it really "wires" any more. Is it cable, or fiber, or wifi???but I digress) with news about a

One of the two sisters who made parking more interesting in Anchorage has died.  According to a TV station in Alaska: Linny Pacillo, one of

Our web server has been going up and down for the past few days.  Its frustrating. No one can see the web site and our

I can’t believe this headline.  Read the article here.  I didn’t know parking lots carried purses. I wonder if it was designed by Monica… That’s

A week or so ago I wrote about Morgan Stanley and the fact that they were have a bit of bother with the Chicago bid

My buddy Craig Bagdon seems to gently disagree with me that the solution to downtown parking problems is to raise the prices.  He says, I

The city of Baltimore is using parking meters to collect money for the homeless. Read about it here. Its a great idea — The old

Well of course they do.  All they see is the local government coming in and causing problems. Read about it here.  Folks in Oxfordshire aren’t

Jackson Michigan has a problem. Seems they have a downtown on street parking program and they can’t figure out how to pay for it.They let

I knew it would come to this — Parking is rapidly becoming the most important thing in life, ranking right up there with water, oxygen,

I hate stories that start out like that. Read this one about New York. This guy took a job as a parking judge so he

Its true — according to parking architect Rick Choate the building of a parking structure, particularly in the west, is problematic at best. Oh, there

Local PBS TV Station KCET did a long segment on Old Pasadena and its renewal based mostly on revenue generated by parking. They interviewed UCLA

I was at the local farmer’s market the other day and a fellow who was running for a local state assembly seat came up to

I know I sound like a broken record, but this really frosts my buns. The recent decision by the city councils in Dallas and Ft

A couple of days ago I commented on a little village in New Jersey that felt it could revitalize downtown by bringing in free parking.

at a high school, that is. And of course, there is a problem with too many students, not enough space. I have a solution. 1.

…and parked in the garages located in the center of Miami International Airport. This is a unique garage, and I think it still exists this

It used to be that Americans were a singular group. Show us an ATM and we would ignore it.  "I want to see a real

According to an alderman in Chicago, Morgan Stanley, the investment bank that is leasing the four garages from the city for over $500 million, was

Easton, NJ is my next City by the Bay Nominee for dumb parking decisions. And everyone is making them, businesses and government. What caught my

"Student Say $100 ticket is price gouging" — The headline in San Antonio.  The Media does it again and parking takes it in the neck.

The City of Oakland, CA, has a  problem. A large percentage of its parking meters are broken and cannot collect money. Or they are not.

I have never really understood just why we jump back and forth.  It really makes little sense. Some say its the farmers. However most farmers

Here’s the deal — The City of Los Angeles has $164 million in uncollected parking ticket revenue. Read about it here. The past due tickets

Here’s the deal. A London Suburb is going to increase the parking fees on Range Rovers and other large (and expensive) vehicles. It will triple

I had to go see a doctor the other day. It was a referral on a minor matter.  I got to the office early (I

I know, I know, you folks in the south and parts of the east are paying $1.80 a gallon for gas but $2.15 a gallon

A few day ago I wrote about the issue of garage managers being underpaid. A correspondent wrote that the solution was more technology. That way,

I hear reports that the Mid Atlantic Parking Association has taken a change in direction. After holding a number of extremely successful training programs, they

Here we go– the powers that be in Fairfax, VA are considering raising the requirement for parking for single family homes and townhouses.  the requirement

I’m blogging from Java Jo’s.  Its a coffee house near the PT’s intergalactic HQ.  Cable is down. Soooo have to come here — Not too

We did an article in PT last month about The Grove, a shopping center in Los Angeles and its very very fancy valet lobby and

I have very mixed emotions about this one — In Charlotte, LA, a group paid the fee to park but then instead of a car,

The City of Meridian, MS, has a problem. Folks are parking downtown and overstaying their welcome. From what I can surmise from the article —

The business people in Portsmouth, ME, have proposed that the first citation issued to parkers for parking violations in the downtown area be "free." IE,

According to the powers that be, the NPA show this year was the biggest ever. They had over 500 folks signed up to attend prior

The NPA will be holding its 2007 convention in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel (behind the Kodak Theatre in downtown Hollywood.  Same dates,

I spent the morning with Ollie North. And about 200 other attendees at the NPA show.  Marty Stein has outdone himself this year, but I’ll

I have been tracking the privitization deal the City of Chicago is working. At one time up to 13 groups from all  over the world

  As I was walking over to the bus stop here in London I noticed this traffic warden writing a ticket to the owner of

I’m blogging from the Intelligent Transportation System World congress in London . Its certainly a “high tech” place. This is all about tracking and handing vehicular

The folks in Central Ohio have hired Walker Parking Consultants to put on a seminar for cities who think they have parking problems. Walker will

I’m taking my Willie Nelson CD and heading out.  The plane lifts off this afternoon for London and the ITS Conference at the Excel Center

The Chandler (Arizona) Fashion Center is considering a new parking garage. The spokeswoman for the project says it would be 300-500 more spaces which she

Where?  NYC, LA, Chicago, London, nope, Australia. Seems New South Wales, that Australian state where Sydney is located, has the numbers. one ticket every 42

I have been arguing for years that parking operators get the raw end of the stick. They need more money to pay for their operations,

The city of Duluth has a problem. and they went to the master. The city asked professor Don Shoup how to handle this issue: The

I was reading that one of the blogs I read regularly had 23 million visits in the three years since its inception. So I thought

The local law enforcement folks in North Carolina arrested 71 people on various charges, including drinking moonshine, at a country music concert in Roanoke Rapids.

Boston Logan International airport is opening about 2500 additional spaces between now and the end of the year.  They are starting a program to allow

I made fun of the BMW self park feature. Why, because it simply pulled the car into a garage. Granted it was a small garage.

I actually knew about the parking problems in Palm Springs. They were ‘splained to me by a developer a year or so ago.  You can’t

Remember the priest that got a ticket while visiting the sick. Well it seems that the court says he does in fact have to pay

Paul Scanlin, an engineer with the City of Duluth, has a query. He says that a local developer is building condos in the city and

Vancouver Parking Entrepreneur Robert Ziola has another business to add to his list of successes.  He has opening a dealer/installer operation in Western Canada called

I have to say that the rumors are true — the Canadians are really very "nice".  They also throw a great parking show.  Carole Whitehorn

I flew last week from Tampa, to Baltimore.  I stopped off at the Charlotte airport on business, but didn’t have to leave the secure side

I was playing golf Saturday in Edmonton prior to the Canadian Parking Association’s Annual meeting and one of the members of the foursome, who shall

Jim Meany and John Morgan were my hosts at Metric. They have a bunch of new products on display at their outlet in Jersey. It

ON my last trip I spend a hour with Tom Rollo, US fearless leader of Skidata.  He told me about their growing distribution network and