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Maximizing Parking Revenue with Real-Time Booking and Pricing Insights

March 17, 2025

By Sarah Marks Data has become more than just a record of transactions: It’s a vital resource for making informed decisions and staying ahead of shifting consumer trends. The ability to harness real-time insights from customer booking behavior can significantly enhance parking operations, drive revenue, and improve the customer experience. As airports, parking operators, and […]

Cybersecurity Insurance: What Parking Operators Need to Know

March 11, 2025

By Katherine Beaty The parking industry is increasingly digital, from license plate recognition systems to mobile payment apps. Although these innovations improve efficiency and enhance the customer experience, they also introduce vulnerabilities. Cybersecurity incidents, like data breaches exposing customer payment information or ransomware attacks crippling operations, have become genuine threats. For many parking operators, cybersecurity […]

Bend’s Blueprint

March 1, 2025

By adopting real-time analytics and stakeholder-driven strategies, Bend, Oregon, has become a model for parking innovation. By Tobias Marx and Sonny Samra The city of Bend, Oregon, has a long history of parking innovation, perhaps best exemplified by its Downtown Strategic Parking Management Plan. Finalized in 2017, the plan has guided the city in its […]

From Congestion to Clarity in Campus Parking

March 1, 2025

Flexible permits and strategic planning ease parking woes at UC Davis. By Perry H. Eggleston and Ramon G. Zavala At the University of California (UC) Davis, we are best known for our cultural commitment to the bicycle, which began when the university’s second chancellor instructed his planners to design a “bicycle-riding, tree-lined campus.” Today, our […]

Overcoming Obstacles On and Off the Lot

March 1, 2025

In his new memoir, Russell Harms shares his journey through mental health challenges, resilience, and redemption in the high-pressure world of parking and hospitality. By Jay Landers Russell Harms, a hospitality executive with 3 decades of experience in luxury hotels and large-scale parking management across the U.S., faced a hidden battle with severe anxiety and […]

In Memoriam

March 1, 2025

Parking Today notes the passing of Roy Carter, of Toledo Ticket Technologies, and Donald Shoup, of the University of California at Los Angeles. By Jay Landers Roy Carter (1938-2025) On January 19, the parking industry lost one of its most respected and enduring figures with the passing of Roy L. Carter Jr., who dedicated more than […]

Industry News … March 2025

March 1, 2025

Parking solutions provider Reimagined Parking announced the appointment of Rick West as its chief executive officer (CEO). Having spent more than 30 years in the parking industry, West has deep experience as an operator of parking garage businesses such as the Millennium Parking Concession, Central Parking Corporation, and Parking Company of America Airports. Reimagined Parking […]

Smart Cities Are in Reach

February 27, 2025

By Steve Gorski Since the early 20th century, urban planners and others have advocated the concept of “smart cities,” referring to several key objectives aimed at improving the quality of life for citizens: reduced congestion and enhanced mobility, better energy management, more resilient and adaptive infrastructure, more efficient public services, and greater citizen engagement. However, […]

Smart Parking Acquires Peak Parking To Enter U.S. Market

February 18, 2025

By Jay Landers Seeking to expand its operations into the U.S. market, Smart Parking Limited, a global provider of parking technology and management services, announced its acquisition of Austin, Texas-based Peak Parking for USD$36 million on February 17. With offices in the U.K., Germany, Australia, and New Zealand, Smart Parking provides such offerings as license plate […]

Remembering Donald Shoup (1938 to 2025)

February 12, 2025

By John Van Horn Editor’s note: Donald Shoup, the University of California at Los Angeles urban planning professor known for his calls for parking reform, died February 6, 2025, at the age of 86. When asked to describe himself, Don said he was a “parking evangelist.” He spent his time speaking about his ideas concerning […]

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