PARKING Magazine Articles

January/February 2010

Feeling Secure in the Relationship:
Campus Parking/Transit and Police Co-exist, Co-operate
By Charlie Munn

Campus parking and transportation (P&T) departments report mostly positive relationships with their campus police and security departments. Eighty percent of P&T managers responding to an informal PARKING Magazine poll say their working relationships with police to be "good" or "satisfactory." Twenty percent rate the relationship as "needing improvement."

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Counter Terrorism and Parking
By Paul Lew, P.E., R.A, and John Abruzzo, P.E.

The world has changed. Concern for terrorism has become a part of everyday life for most of us, whether we recognize it or not. Security planning is an important issue today for many architects and design professionals. In particular, it is the vehicle-borne explosive threat that may be the most critical threat for parking structures when dealing with terrorism.

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CPM, LAZ Parking Modernize Chicago's Metered Parking System in Record Time
By Mary Coursey

Since April 2009, under the direction of CPM and with the support of the City of Chicago's Department of Revenue Services, LAZ Parking has moved at a record-setting pace to improve parking access and increase customer convenience. A key feature of these improvements is replacing antiquated, unreliable and maintenance-intensivewits s single-space parking meters with 4,100 modern new state of the art "pay and display" boxes.

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Electric Standup Vehicles Provide Mobility, Energy Efficiency to Parking Industry
By Jeff Simpson

Traditional parking management and enforcement efforts have typically relied on two methods of getting around - pedestrian patrols and gasoline-powered vehicles. However, there can be drawbacks to both approaches. An increasingly popular option that addresses both issues is the use of what are termed "electric standup vehicles" or "personal mobility vehicles." These clean-energy units offer a high degree of mobility and energy efficiency that parking management companies are finding attractive.

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Lights, Camera, Action!
Interceptor Hybrid Being Readied for its Close-Up
By Laurie Nealin

Whether it is a cameo appearance or a featured role, North America's only dedicated, parking enforcement vehicle - the Interceptor III - has long been a "star" of screen and television. Soon, a "green," electric-gas hybrid model of the Interceptor will be ready for its close-up. That sequel has created quite a buzz among fleet managers, even without trailers on YouTube.

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Chairman's Update
By Herb Anderson

NPA Looks Ahead in 2010

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Between the Lines
By Denise Gable

New Feature Debuts in This Issue

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Legal Matters
By Michael L. Stevens

Alcoholic Fired for Absenteeism Cannot State ADA and FMLA Claims

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Government, Institutional and Non-Profit Corner
By Jake Carleton

Goodbye and Good Luck!

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Tech Talk
By Blake Laufer

Social Media and Parking

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On People and Parking
By Charlie Munn

On Silo Busting

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Marketing Minute
By Jeff Pinyot

The Wheels on the Bus...?

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Safety Management for Parking Professionals
By Kathy Phillips

Casting Your Lot with Safety

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