PARKING Magazine Articles
July/August 2010
The Case for a Better Way to Measure "Green Parking"
By Dirk Kestner and Kelly Levy
The emergent concept of "green" parking is both vaguely defined and poorly understood. The U.S. Green Building Council's LEED rating system has brought the concept of "green" building to the consciousness of many owners, legislators and the general public. In an effort to construct more environmentally responsible buildings, many municipalities and institutions have adopted resolutions mandating that all new construction achieve a specified LEED rating. This is a relatively straightforward proposition for many buildings, but what does it mean for a unique structure like a parking garage?
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Best Practices in Sustainable Transportation
By Jim Helmer, P.E., T.E. PTOE and Jim Gough, P.Eng.
Transportation professionals are always looking to make things safer, cleaner and more sustainable. While there is no one single guide to best practices in this area, a look at some of the efforts already undertaken - as well as a look toward the future - may provide the profession with the tools it needs to create a system of best practices that will guide transportation's increasing role in building a sustainable world.
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Getting It RITE: Ocean Tides Power New York Garage
By Charlie Munn
You've surely heard of solar power and wind power? but moon power? The "Motorgate" in New York City may have been the world's first tidal-powered car park. The facility, located on NYC's Roosevelt Island, was the scene of a pilot project to determine the feasibility of generating electricity from turbines submerged in the adjacent East River.
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Parking for Livable Communities: The Low/Tech and High Tech Paradigm
How Emerging Technologies Can Create Livable Communities Developing Fully Sustainable Living Places
(Special to PARKING Magazine)
By Shannon Sanders McDonald, AIA
Recently, parking and livability have seemed at odds with each other as many have argued that the car should be eliminated and parking facilities at best hidden within the center of a block. This approach, of course, keeps most pedestrians from the front sidewalk. A focus on low-tech, bicycling and walking to provide our future transportation solutions, along with existing transit choices, are currently being promoted. But they are only part of the solution to the current transportation options that we face.
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Denver's Green Park LLC Delivers a Green Approach to Solving Parking Problems
By Michelle Connolly
With individuals and businesses facing new pressure to decrease their energy consumption and thereby lower their energy bills, the parking industry is feeling the pinch. Parking management firm Pro Park has responded to this challenge by teaming up with the energy retrofitting firm Greenscape Capital. The partnership between the two companies has culminated in the creation of the world's greenest parking lot, the Green Park Denver LLC, which is set to open at the Denver International Airport this fall.
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Assessment and Restoration of Post-Tensioned Waffle Slabs
By Gabriel A. Jimenez, Ph.D, P.E., S.E.
Un-bonded post-tensioned (PT) reinforcement in waffle slabs has been popularly used in parking structures for many decades. Its use greatly reduces the amount of cracking and possible leakage in the structure and also allows economical long-span construction. The boom of the construction of waffle slabs in the United States began in the 1970s. However, many of the early PT structures have since been encountered in a deteriorated condition with varying degrees of damage to the PT systems.
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Under Attack: Parking Tax Trend Unfairly Targets Industry and Undermines Local Economies
By Tim Leonoudakis and Rob Zuritsky
Across the U.S. and Canada, the parking industry is under attack. In the United States, some of our largest cities, including New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and San Francisco have parking taxes of 20 percent or more. Some cities, like Boston are considering imposing a parking tax for the first time, while others are considering raising existing taxes on the industry. The imposition of stiff taxes on parking is a trend that shows no sign of abating. In fact, if anything, more cities are starting to look at parking taxes as a way to raise new tax revenues. While it's easy to understand the need many cities have for additional revenues, imposing oppressive taxes on parking is not the answer. Not only is it unfair to parking operators and others who rely upon the parking industry, but it's also counterproductive as public policy.
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Chairman's Update
By Herb Anderson
Blame for Gulf Oil Disaster Falls Squarely on BP
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Between the Lines
By John L. Fiegel
Ohio, Michigan Parking Associations Offer First-Class Workshop
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Legal Matters
By Michael Stevens
Federal Court Rules FedEx Drivers Are Employees, Not Independent Contractors, Under Illinois Law
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On People and Parking
By Charlie Munn
Seven Reasons for Customer Service Failure
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The CAB Report
By John Udelson
CPP Certification Represents Best in Industry
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Tech Talk
By Blake Laufer and Zack Harmeyer
The Rise of the Electric Vehicle
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Marketing Minute
By Jeff Pinyot
Be a Butler!
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GINP Corner
By Robert Baer
Green Ambition
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Safety
By Kathy Phillips
Parking Lot Security: What Role Do Lot Owners Have in Non-Owned Operations?
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