Believe it or not, parking’s effects are as far-reaching as any important policy. A community’s parking options shape its culture, economics, and environment. It’s a dynamic and complicated topic: parking can reflect (or even spark) a neighborhood’s gentrifying tensions. It can empower or hamper under-served communities, like the disabled or elderly; it can create or take away billions of dollars in revenue. Parking effects pollution, safety, wealth, and, of course, accessibility. At MyParkingSign, we monitor and report the latest happenings in parking, be they bureaucratic, like increasing fines, technological, like a parking new app, or instructional, like how to manage parking legally and efficiently.
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NYC crushes double parking with Operation Move-Along
Discovering a perfect parking spot in the city without double parking is like beating level 361 in Candy Crush. You need risk, luck, and a few extra lifetimes. Once you get up at a horrible hour, manage your commute and dodge rogue jay-walking pedestrians, then you get to find a parking spot. In some busy areas, […]
The Robocop of parking pits safety against privacy and jobs
The 2014 remake of Robocop opens nationwide today, but the public won’t meet its real-life counterpart for at least another year. That’s because K5, the diminutive robot set to police shopping malls, corporate campuses, and other public places, isn’t set for the assembly line till 2015. Sneak previews of the bot will be available for […]
Santa Barbara’s corrupt parking enforcement sees more changes
Four months after the sentencing of former police business manager Karen Flores, who embezzled more than $500,000 from Santa Barbara’s parking-citation fund, the city approved $55,000 for an analysis of its outdated ticketing system. City Hall initially issued a proposal request for the study last fall and received just one response from J R Parking […]
Audi testing cars that predict open parking spaces
Finding an empty parking space remains one of the most daunting tasks drivers face, but Audi’s got you covered. The German automobile manufacturer is working on an Urban Intelligent Assist research initiative that predicts when the parking spaces around your destination will open up. Initiative to address parking woes Besides its own group of researchers […]
With self-parking cars, what future for valet parking?
The days of valet attendants are numbered, according to automotive technology company Valeo. Last week at the annual International Consumer Electronics Show the French business debuted remote parking and self-parking technologies that aim to do away with attendants and allow cars to park themselves. Valeo’s automated valet parking program is divided into two implementation phases, […]
Free parking in Bayonne to lure shoppers until New Year
The city of Bayonne, New Jersey has lifted parking fees in certain areas for the entire month of December. City officials hope that the free parking in Bayonne will help generate holiday business. The Bayonne Parking Utility has suspended parking fees at the city’s metered parking spots for all non-commercial vehicles. “The free parking program will […]
Holiday season a dangerous time for parking lots
Black Friday may be behind us, but that doesn’t mean holiday shopping has ended. There’s still more than three weeks left until December 25, leaving gift-buyers ample time to wrap presents, drivers to circle for open spots at the mall, and pedestrians to be struck by motorists at crowded, busy parking lots. That’s right: Shopping […]
(VIDEO) Fake parking tickets worry WA police
Fake parking tickets, complete with police department logos on their letterheads, are becoming a source of worry for police in Bremerton, Washington. Though the motive behind these bogus tickets is still unclear, Police Chief, Steve Strachan says such cases threaten the integrity of his department. Investigators suspect an impostor, motive unclear At least two drivers […]
The “new normal” in urban transportation: lower emissions, fewer cars
Since the mass production of automobiles almost a century ago, privately owned cars have dominated the urban transportation landscape. They allowed drivers to travel unprecedented distances — lending force as never before to the romantic idea of “the road trip,” and signalling an era of economic prosperity for many. As the years passed, however, our […]
SeaPark, Seattle’s dynamic pricing system for parking, does more with less $
In 2010, the Seattle Department of Transportation introduced dynamic pricing to its parking spaces under a scheme called SeaPark. With a top spend of just $1.2 million, it has managed to achieve its goal of a 70-85 percent occupancy rate during working hours in the city’s core commercial area. Benefits of demand-responsive pricing for the public […]
San Francisco combats double parking
Three weeks after the supervisor for San Francisco’s District 8 called the city the “Wild West” of double parking, Mayor Ed Lee vowed never to commit commit the violation again. He also said that he would begin using his security detail to cite offenders. The mayor’s promise came after witnessing, on a single block of […]
