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Minneapolis, Seattle Receive Stage 2 SMART Grant for Curb Management

January 7, 2025

In mid-December, the cities of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Seattle, Washington, were jointly awarded a $14.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to further their ongoing efforts to improve curb-management practices. The funding will enable Minneapolis and Seattle to pursue a 3-year project titled “Smart Curbs for Better Access: A Digital, Data Driven […]

Smarter Enforcement and Safer Streets in Somerville

January 2, 2025

Somerville, Massachusetts, leverages automated enforcement technology to target high-risk areas, improving safety for all road users. By Jay Landers With more than 80,000 residents living within 4.2 square miles, Somerville, Massachusetts, is one of the most densely populated cities in New England. Located just outside of Boston, Somerville is known for its thriving, bike-friendly neighborhoods […]

Nothing Is Impossible

January 2, 2025

Reflecting on Lessons Learned By Adrienne Tucker Editor’s note: This is the fourth and final article in a series of Parking Today articles by Adrienne Tucker. To read the first article, see “Nothing Is Impossible: Building a Parking Division from the Ground Up,” in the June 2024 issue. Tucker’s second article, “Nothing Is Impossible: Navigating […]

Parking Forward

January 2, 2025

With proper knowledge, experience, and creativity, designers and contractors  can create parking buildings that become celebrated additions to any community. By Fernando Sanchez Parking buildings are not “one-size-fits-all” facilities. Rather, they are highly functional and are feet-and-inches driven. In fact, their efficiency greatly influences the economics of a project. Typically, little attention is paid to […]

Industry News … January 2025

January 2, 2025

Parking Revenue Recovery Services (PRRS), Inc., a provider of artificial-intelligence (AI)-driven compliance and vehicle activity monitoring, announced the appointment of Todd Tucker, JD, DBA, CAPP, CPP, as its new chief operating officer. Before joining PRRS, Tucker served as president at Parking Logix. He assumed the role from Chris Conley, who retired from PRRS. The Chicago […]

Bridging the Technological Gap: The U.S. Parking Industry vs. Europe

December 27, 2024

Editor’s note: This story is a condensed version of a feature article by Steve Gorski that will appear in the February print edition of Parking Today. The U.S. parking industry lags behind Europe in adopting advanced technologies like license plate recognition (LPR), parking guidance, and mobile payments, resulting in inefficiencies, environmental challenges, and poor user experiences. […]

A Parking Procurement Primer

December 27, 2024

Editor’s note: This story is a condensed version of a feature article by Scott Petri that will appear in the February print edition of Parking Today. Selecting the right approach to parking technology procurement begins with a well-crafted request for proposal (RFP). A thoughtful RFP ensures technology aligns with organizational goals, meets quality standards, and integrates […]

Compensation Counts in Elevating Parking Operations: Why Pay Policies Matter

December 27, 2024

Editor’s note: This story is a condensed version of a feature article by Andrew Sachs that will appear in the February print edition of Parking Today. The parking industry is navigating a transformative era, grappling with shifting mobility patterns, rapid technological adoption, and large-scale corporate consolidations. Yet amid these changes, one critical factor often goes […]

Russia’s Parking Sector Experiences Hard Times, Higher Costs

December 3, 2024

By Eugene Gerden The Russian parking sector is experiencing financial hardship in the wake of international sanctions applied to the country following its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Before the invasion, Russia’s parking sector represented one of the most developed segments of municipal infrastructure within most Russian cities. Moreover, the level of organization of […]

Smarter Parking Makes for Smarter Cities

October 1, 2024

The Smart City Movement Begins to Benefit from the Increasing Sophistication of Parking Technology By Jay Landers Across the world, urban centers increasingly are collecting, analyzing, and acting on data in real time to optimize operations, reduce costs, and improve services. These “smart cities” often seek to develop innovative public policies that achieve such […]

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