Why simple design is often complex
Parking World magazine has recently published an article penned by George Burton, Parking Consultant International’s design guru. The article, called ‘Why simple design is often complex’, explores the path a design process usually takes in order to arrive at a desirable product and to present an overview of the relevant factors that influence the process […]
British Parking Association publishes Hospital Parking Charter
Last weekend I was catching up on a backlog of industry publications and read an interesting article by Peter Guest in the June 2010 edition of Parking World which reminded me of a related article we recently posted in our blog. The subject of Peter’s article was Hospital Parking and the on-going discussions about whether […]
On-street parking spaces for shared cars
Courtesy of Paul Barter, we have received a link to an article published in ACCESS magazine (published by the University of California Transportation Center) regarding on-street parking for shared cars. Penned by academic Andrea Osgood from her research at UCLA, the article explores car sharing, the benefits of placing dedicated parking spaces for the companies […]
Montreal uses old parking meters for charity
ParcoDon is the name of the initiative launched by the City of Montreal, where around 70 retired parking meters have been recycled as standing piggy banks to collect donations to help the city’s homeless. The project was launched in 2007 by Stationnement de Montréal—the city’s parking authority—along with the Ville-Marie borough and the L’Itinéraire newspaper. […]
Burwood Council sells car park for $22.5m
According to the Australian Financial Review, Burwood Council in Sydney’s inner west has sold a public car park to an Asian property developer for $22.5 million. The public car park, on the corner of Belmore Street and Wynne Avenue in Burwood, covers an area of 5,469m² ($4,114/m²) and has a 60m height limit. The property […]
Car park collapse in Wisconsin
A 30-foot concrete slab cracked off a parking garage in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 24, killing a 15 year old boy and injuring two people. Authorities claim that the parking deck was fuller than usual due to the start of a large music festival. Milwaukee County’s director of transportation and public works said an inspection […]
Highlights and comparisons of parking in Asian cities
Paul Barter, a Singapore-based academic researching urban transport policy, runs a blog and resource that PCI follows regularly, called ‘Reinventing Urban Transport’. He specialises in the urban cities of South East Asia in particular; and recently published a presentation summarising the results of an Asian Cities Parking Study, and key governing policies in these cities. […]
Australian Parking Convention – only 128 days to go!
The Australian Parking Convention is fast approaching with the event, scheduled for November 7-9, shaping up to be the biggest event hosted by the Parking Association of Australia. The program of local and international speakers is almost finalised, with the Keynote Speaker none other than Professor Donald Shoup of UCLA, author of the best seller […]
Car sharing feedback and information
We recently posted our blog article on Car Sharing to a few LinkedIn discussion groups in order to obtain feedback on what is going on in other parts of the world in terms of car sharing. We received strong response and a lot of interesting information was provided by professionals in various parts of the […]
Parking and customer service?
A guest post by PCI Managing Partner Cristina Lynn A large number of publications come through our door on a daily basis. Keeping up with everything is not always easy, but one article really struck a chord so I requested permission to reproduce it in our blog. Titled “Compassionate Service Integral to Superior Parking Experience” […]
Car sharing is big business
Following on from our article posted last week on car sharing, we came across the news this week that US based car sharing operation Zipcar has just filed for a $75 million initial public offering. With a fleet of 7,000 vehicles, more than 400,000 members (who can rent the car by the hour or day), […]