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Unleashing Innovation from the Inside Out

June 30, 2025

A treasure trove of innovative potential is waiting to be unleashed within every organization. Innovation is a bit like Dorothy trying to get back to Kansas: The answer was there all along. You just have to know where to look.

Your Website: It’s Free Real Estate

June 30, 2025

Your website is a conversation starter, a sales tool, and like a parking garage, often your first impression and customer touchpoint. It deserves your attention and regular updates.

The Lost Art of the Parking Audit

May 29, 2025

Although automation has transformed parking operations, regular audits remain essential to catching hidden revenue leaks and operational inefficiencies. By Joseph Dudek We’ve all heard the saying, “Set it and forget it.” In the parking world, this mindset often translates to, “If it’s automated, it must be foolproof.” Many operators and property owners view automation as […]

Standards, Systems, and the Human Touch

May 29, 2025

By Jay Landers This month’s issue of Parking Today shines a spotlight on the power of data and the standards that make it truly useful. Our cover story explores the promise of parking data standards like the Alliance for Parking Data Standards and the Curb Data Specification to unlock seamless integration across jurisdictions, systems, and […]

How To Give Yourself the Credit You Deserve

May 29, 2025

By Colleen Gallion Years ago, a friend and I swapped “war stories” about professors from the notoriously competitive music schools we each attended. “I had a composition teacher,” he said, “who graded on the zero.” He then explained that if your assignment was perfect, you would receive a zero because there were no errors. For […]

Not Just a Garage but a Landmark

May 1, 2025

The Kansas City International Airport parking garage combines cutting-edge design, sustainability, and passenger convenience with a stunning ventilated glass façade. By Bill Smith When most people think of parking, they don’t think of architectural excellence. Typically, parking garages are viewed as boring, utilitarian structures rather than striking architectural examples. But boring and merely functional wouldn’t […]

Stormwater Strategies for Sustainable Parking

March 31, 2025

Thoughtful parking lot design and maintenance can minimize stormwater runoff impacts and protect local waterways from harmful pollutants. By Stacy Wilson, Andrew Earles, and Jonathan Jones Proper stormwater management is an important consideration for parking lots and parking structures, from the stages of planning, design, and permitting, through construction, and during the long-term operation and […]

Charging Ahead With Confidence

March 31, 2025

Preparing a parking facility for electric vehicle charging requires a strategic power assessment to ensure sufficient electrical capacity and long-term scalability. By Jacob Gonzalez The transition to greater electric vehicle (EV) usage is accelerating, and institutions like universities, government agencies, and business complexes are increasingly recognizing the need to provide EV charging infrastructure. Among the […]

UC Davis Health, Austin Parking Facilities Win PCI Design Awards

January 15, 2025

A UC Davis Health parking facility in Sacramento, California, and a privately owned parking structure in Austin, Texas, are the latest parking buildings to receive design awards from the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI). Announced on January 14, the 2025 PCI Design Awards included two honoring parking garages: The UC Davis Health Parking Structure IV was named […]

Prefabricated Precision

January 2, 2025

The parking structure for the new Kilroy Oyster Point life science campus in San Francisco merges modular construction with seismic safety and style. By Aaron Alhady In the urban landscape of South San Francisco, the birthplace of biotechnology and the second-largest life science market in the country, a new landmark is taking shape — Kilroy […]

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