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New York City Goes P and D ..........................................................................18

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What Makes a Thermal Ticket ‘Tick?’ ............................................................24

A Good Day in White Rock..............................................................................26

CCTV Puts Brakes on Vandal ..........................................................................34

In 2005, a New Parking Formula? ..................................................................36

The Case of the Mysterious Old Ticket Switcheroo ....................................50

Death by Parking ............................................................................................52

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Industry Notes ............................................................................10

Letters ......................................................................................14

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Here are the numbers: atten-dees, 1,300; exhibitor personnel,1,000. I was frankly expecting more,but I guess we shouldn’t be displeased. More than 1,000of those attendees were parking-only folks, and if youcompare that with other events, we certainly held up ourend of the deal.

It was a big show, and 1,300 people can get lost in aplace that size. The pros in the exhibition business saythat for a show to “look” crowded, there should be oneperson in attendance for every 10 square meters of floorspace. We had 35,000 square meters, so that means weneeded 3,500 folks to feel crowded. Check us out nextyear.

The show had a great “look.” It was truly a profession-ally run event. Large booths, lots of equipment and serv-ices on display, and a good number of professionals thereto fill you in on what they had to solve your parking prob-lems. Almost 100 parking exhibiting companies were onthe floor.

The traffic side was focused on safety and construc-tion. I’m sure many of the parking attendees were mes-merized with the strange barriers and reflecting devices

on display. I know I was. The traf-fic and transportation portion ofthe event was not as well attended,by far, as the parking side. I’m surethat a lot of soul-searching will gointo finding out why. Fortunately,that’s not our issue.

There were some things we willchange in the future. The food, or lack thereof, was aproblem, as was the timing of some of the professionalsessions. There were many layers of administrationbetween those of us on the floor trying to solve a problemand the folks who could actually do it. We have solved allthis for PIE 2006.

The next Parking Industry Exhibition will go back toour familiar venue in Chicago. We have a lot of fresh ideasfor not only the exhibition hall layout, but also the semi-nar program. Can you say, “Interactive, online andnationwide?”

I can’t -- or won’t -- say more right now, but tie yourlaces tight, because PIE 2006 will knock your socks off.Mark my words.

This month, PT celebrates consultants. The consult-ing companies you find herein represent the finest inparking knowledge base. Whether it’s building, staffing orrunning a parking facility, these compa-nies can provide you with assistanceand expertise. It’s worth the effort toread about their work and staff.

See you in December.

Palestinians, Pakistanis, and PIEhis has been a busy month for the Parking Todaycrowd. We published the September magazine dur-ing the Intertraffic/PIE show – in fact, we held up

the mag for a few days so we could have some pictures ofthe event. (See my comments below.)

After that, I took a week off and cruised the NorthAtlantic with 3,000 of my dearest friends on the CarnivalTriumph. It was a new experience for me, and if nothingelse, it does force you to rest. Now it’s time to get back towork, with traveling to the NPA next week, and then theMAPA and Florida conferences the following week. South-west Airlines and I are becoming quite good friends.

As for parking, the world goes on. You’ll love this one.Here is a headline I found in the parking news feed wehave on our Web site: “Palestinians Shoot It Out Over aParking Space.” It took only a couple of weeks after theIsraelis bailed on the Gaza Strip. A member of a Palestin-ian commando unit was told he couldn’t park his car in acertain spot by a member of the national security forces.He returned later with more of his gang and proceeded toshoot up the area. No one appeared to have been injured.

I guess the Palestinians are coming of age quickerthan we thought they would. Ihave always held that if peoplehave responsibility for governingthemselves and have to spend theirtime worrying about sewage,schools, roads, hospitals and, yes,parking, they will find that tryingto take over the country next dooris pretty far down on the list. However, if they have a dic-tator who takes care of all that, and feeds them full ofcrapola about what's going on in the world, they havetime to hate their neighbors and blame them for all theirproblems.

Pretty simplistic, but maybe parking is a metaphor forjust how the world works.

I am being proven right almost by the second. In thevery next article I read on our Yahoo news line, I found agem about the problems of parking in Islamabad. Howcan a terrorist go about his grisly business if he can't finda place to park? The city government is under pressure tosolve the parking issues, as people are parking in the greenbelts and ruining the beauty of the Pakistani capital. Nowthat's what we want these folks to be worried about. Park-ing may just yet save the day, and maybe the world.

A few words about the Intertraffic/PIE show. I wrotethe article last month just after the opening of the show.We had a great turnout for Day One and expected a highconcentration of walk-ins from the traffic side on daystwo and three. So, I used some journalistic license to pre-dict the total attendance for the show. I was off by a fewhundred.

John Van Hornpoint of view

Parking is a metaphor for

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industry notes

Walter P. Moore announces that Vicki Ford, P.E., hasbeen chosen the 2005 recipient of the firm’s Javier F.Horvilleur Outstanding Young Engineer Award. Namedin honor and memory of Javier F. Horvilleur, P.E., aSenior Principal of the company who died unexpectedlyin September 2002, this award is presented annually toone young structural engineer at Walter P. Moore to rec-ognize design excellence, outstanding client service andbusiness acumen. The company also announced that E.Hal Christensen, P.E., has joined the firm as ManagingDirector, Houston Civil Engineering Services. He will beresponsible for managing the group’s project operationsand client services, working closely with the leadershipteam already in place.

Carl Walker Inc. announces that seven employeeshave been named as Principals within the organization.They are E. Lee Bourque (Atlanta), John Carter, P.E.(Tampa), Blake Hodge, P.E. (Dallas), Al Klag Jr., P.E.(Philadelphia), Mark Sampson (Kalamazoo), Ray Smith,P.E. (Indianapolis) and Torrey Thompson, E.I.T. (Chica-go). Company president Gary Cudney, P.E., said: “Theappointment of our new Principals will enhance andexpand the Carl Walker management team with the addi-tion of highly experienced, senior-level parking profes-sionals and allow us to offer their extensive expertise toour clients throughout the United States.”

SIMA, the Snow & Ice Management Association,recently announced the addition of Todd Hardy to thenewly created staff position of director of client services.Hardy brings years of development and leadership expe-rience to the day-to-day operations of SIMA, and willwork to strengthen relationships with snow and ice serv-ice buyers, vendors to SIMA members and other associa-tions related to the industry. SIMA Executive DirectorTammy Higham, CAE, said: “With Todd in this position,we’ve put a fresh face on SIMA’s working relationshipswith snow and ice industry leaders and brought on astrong advocate and spokesman for our members’ inter-ests.”

DAP Technologies, a manufacturer of mobile com-puting solutions and services, has promoted Brian Ald-ham to the newly created role of Director of Marketingand Service. Aldham has more than 25 years of experi-ence in the mobile service industry, including 2 1/2 yearsat DAP. In his new role, Aldham will guide and overseethe company’s customer service in all its commercialapplications. He will be based at DAP’s head office inQuebec City.

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software, designed for issuing andtaking payment for parking permitsin locations without revenue controlequipment, now runs on the CasioIT-3000, a rugged handheld comput-er with an integrated high-speedthermal printer and magnetic stripereader. “Running PermitNow on ourIT-3000 is a natural fit,” said GeorgeBaraona, Casio Director of Sales.“Speed is very important in thisapplication, and the IT-3000 high-speed integrated printer is capable ofup to 28 lines per second. The inte-grated magnetic stripe and barcodereaders allow the attendant to acceptcredit or debit cards along with cash,checks or preprinted parking per-mits with a barcode.”

Gloria Payne has accepted aposition as Parking Operations Con-sultant with Watry Design of Red-wood City, CA. Payne brings to thefirm her background with privateoperators in San Francisco and LosAngeles, with equipment manufac-turing, and with the public sector(Sausalito and BART). She can bereached [email protected].

Delta Scientific, a manufacturerof counter-terrorist vehicle controlsystems, says that its automated lin-ear gates are being used to protectvulnerable piers at Naval StationPearl Harbor, HI. "The Navy installedthis barrier system to provide anadequate level of force protectionwhile maintaining a high level ofefficiency on the piers,” said AndrewIuvale, Anti-Terrorism Director,Navy Region Hawaii. "Before theDelta SC3000 gates were installed, asone approached the pier, they cameupon a swing gate guarded by a sen-try. It was the sentry's responsibilityexclusively to assess and then grantor deny access. For a bad guy toaccess the piers, they only had toovercome the sentry."

Structural Group – a Baltimore-based specialty-contracting firm thatdelivers services, systems, and tech-nologies that build, repair, protect,strengthen and reinforce concrete,

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Bill Heinig has joined Struc-tural Preservation Systems -- aspecialty-contracting firm focus-ing on the repair, protection andstrengthening of structures – as aProject Manager in its Sarasota,FL, office.

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FKI Logistex, an integratedmaterial handling solutions com-pany, has appointed Dick Braatzas vice president of manufactur-ing for its North American busi-ness unit. Braatz, a seasoned man-ufacturing professional, reports toSteve Ackerman, President of FKILogistex North America. Braatzcomes to the company from posi-tions at industry leaders L-3 Com-munications, Ingersoll-Rand,Wilcox Electric and Allen-Bradley.

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You’ll Love This OneEditor, Parking Today:

Last week, the Charlotte (NC) Police Department and acenter-city development group asked parking operators fortheir help in improving traffic problems at night and onweekends in the center city. The problem is cruising -- theycan't control it. Their solution is for the operators to stafftheir lots at night and collect parking fees to reduce loiter-ing and improve security -- all this while they continue tohave free on-street parking during the problem hours.What a classic example of the "Shoupista" method of poormunicipal traffic management.

I suggested that they first start collecting parking feesduring these hours to reduce "cruising" for free spaces; thenit would make economic sense for operators to collect park-ing fees. After all, how can we successfully charge for some-thing that the city gives away for free? Parkers will drivepast attended lots to look for free on-street parking, creat-ing more cruising issues. I further pointed out that theparking rates should be higher than the pennies they nowcharge during the day, to encourage parking in the mostconvenient space for the driver, not just the cheapest.Again, this would reduce the cruising problem. In additionto reducing the problem, the collected parking fees couldthen be funneled back into the same areas for improvedpolice, lighting, etc.

The response was typical for many cities: We have nev-er considered this, and we won't discuss it. We will gatherdata about other cities to see what they do, and get back toyou. Their argument is that no one will come to the centercity if they have to pay for parking, yet they want operatorsto start collecting fees to "solve" the traffic problems causedby free parking! This, of course, comes after years of politi-cal pressure brought on by the major businesses and thesesame groups for operators to give away parking at night.When I pointed out that other cities charge more at nightand on weekends, and cited examples of their vibrant nightlife despite the evil parking fees, they were speechless andchanged the subject.

So I have to wonder what they will come up with next.

David R. FairbaughVice President

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The Shoupistas David refers to are advocates of parkingcharges as designed by Don Shoup in his book “The High Costof Free Parking.” -- Editor

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