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Making Parking Decisions at 50: Repair, Retrofit, or Replace?

Across the U.S., parking facilities built in the 1970s and 1980s are now reaching a critical inflection point. Today, many of these structures are approaching or exceeding their intended 50-year lifespan, forcing owners to confront a fundamental question: repair, retrofit, or replace?

A Half-Century of Parking Design

Among the first class of honorees inducted into the Parking Hall of Fame, Mary S. Smith has enjoyed a distinguished 50-year career in parking.

Sleep: The Highest Return on Investment You’re Probably Ignoring

Sleep, in particular, is often treated as optional, something to fit in after everything else is done. For high performers, it’s frequently the first thing sacrificed in the name of productivity. The assumption is that the trade-off is worth it. It rarely is.

Every Interaction Costs Energy: Invest Wisely

Think of your energy as an investment. What if you treated your energy like money or something you actively invest in? Before engaging in any interaction, you have an opportunity to ask, “Is this worth the investment and what kind of return am I expecting?” Every interaction produces a return. The question is what kind and is it worth it? 

AI Amplifies Marketing Strategy, Doesn’t Replace It

How are we setting up our internal teams to actually benefit from artificial intelligence? I’m speaking from the marketing seat, but this isn’t a marketing-only issue. It touches every function that must communicate, sell, or support what we build.

The Curb Needs a Lead Physician, Not Just Specialists

Spending years working across both the U.K. and U.S. parking landscape since, I’ve noticed something consistent on both sides of the Atlantic. The curb is almost always underestimated and almost always under-governed. Not for lack of talent or technology. But for lack of the right kind of thinking at the top of the system.

Your Curb Rules Are Right, Drivers Still Park Wrong

The curb isn’t where rules live. It is where decisions happen. And those are very different things to design for.

Parking Policy Center Continues Shoup Legacy

The UCLA Center for Parking Policy was launched in 2025 to carry forward Donald Shoup’s legacy of connecting parking research with wider audiences.

Longevity: What Lasting Companies Can Teach Us About Lasting Health

Through it all, organizations that endure tend to share one trait: They pay attention to maintenance. Human health works in much the same way. Yet the modern conversation around longevity often points in a very different direction.

AI Reality Check: What a Major Study Reveals About ChatGPT (and What It Means for Us) 

A new study by Chatterji et al., published through the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), offers the first large-scale, data-driven look at what people are doing with ChatGPT.
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