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Why Advertise in PARKING?

Professionals turn to PARKING for the latest trends, products, and services in the parking industry.

PARKING is the magazine of the National Parking Association (NPA) and the premier publication of the parking industry! PARKING is published 10 times each calendar year and sent to approximately 5,000 subscribers comprised of company owners, CEOs, senior executives and front line managers…those who make the decisions and who share this magazine with thousands of fellow employees, clients, and other parking professionals. PARKING provides information on the latest developments in parking products and services to the industry’s leadership — in both the private sector and the municipal, institutional, and non-profit sectors, and from companies ranging from large multi-national corporations to family owned businesses. PARKING keeps its readership apprised of industry trends, management practices, legislative and regulatory information, news about NPA, as well as updates on people and companies in the parking industry.

PARKING carefully targets influential professionals from across the industry. Private operators, municipal, institutional, and non-profit parking administrators, industry consultants including architects and engineers, and other parking professionals are all represented in PARKING’s readership.

Who reads PARKING?

Owners, operators, and managers of private and commercial parking facilities
Institutional parking administrators and supervisors for hospitals, colleges and universities, and medical centers
Public parking officials and administrators for municipalities, airports and parking authorities
Architects, engineers, and parking consultants
Industry equipment and service suppliers along with related industry professionals (downtown executives, developers, building owners, hotels/motels, libraries, etc.) are included in PARKING’s readership.

Editorial Content

Distributed internationally, PARKING magazine contains feature articles that appeal to all sectors of the parking industry.

Our feature stories bring important, current information on a wide variety of topics such as Revenue Control, Parking Automation, Lighting and Signage, Insurance and Security, Workplace Issues, and Campus Parking.

In addition, the following regular columns and NPA departments appear:

NewsTrack
A look at what’s making news globally with parking and transportation trends.

NPA News
What is happening at NPA’s national headquarters plus association news and a calendar of industry events.

Tools of the Trade
Showcase your innovative product or service in the “Tools of the Trade” section of PARKING. A description of your latest product or service, along with a photograph, will be included in this special section.

Legal Matters
Summaries of important legal issues and cases affecting the parking industry.

Industry Profile
An up-close and personal look at some of the parking industry’s outstanding achievers.

From the Frontlines
Highlights of the accomplishments of middle managers of NPA member organizations.

Member Pages
Special pages for NPA members only—news and announcements from and about NPA’s members and member companies.

Allied Member Focus
Information-filled features about our Allied members and how their products and services contribute to the smooth operation of the parking industry.

PARKING Annual Products and Services Directory
Parking professionals consider PARKING Magazine’s Products and Service Directory to be the “Yellow Pages” of the parking industry. Published at the end of the year, this directory is the industry’s most comprehensive and widely used catalog. Featured are suppliers of parking equipment, technology, and services, plus parking consultants, building owners, and private operators.

PARKING Magazine Readers Have Clout!
PARKING Magazine is the oldest and most respected magazine in the parking industry. With its long-established standard for editorial excellence, PARKING is a dynamic publication that has continually grown over the last 50 years to meet the industry’s constantly changing needs.

PARKING 2008 Editorial Calendar

Issue	Theme	Due Date
January/February	Valet Parking	12/10/07
March	Technology/Automation "Green" Parking	01/09/08
April	Marketing/Sales	02/06/08
May	Security/Emergency Planning	03/07/08
June	Business Issues · Human Resources · Insurance · Management · Financial	04/09/08
July/August	Design/Maintenance	05/19/08
September (Convention Issue)	Colleges/Universities/Hospitals	07/07/08
October	Revenue Control/Collection Municipal Parking	08/07/08
November	Airports/Off-Airport/Hotels Shuttle Services Ancillary Services	09/09/08
December	Products & Services Directory	11/11/08

For additional details contact Pat Langfeld, Vice President / Marketing & Business Development, at (202) 296-4336 ext. 205. Email: plangfeld@npapark.org