Tag: parking garage
Everything you need to know about accessible parking spaces
Accessible parking spaces are mandatory for all parking facilities on a site, including garages and lots, a regulation required by the ADA Standards for Accessible Design. Businesses and privately owned facilities that provide some kind of goods or services much also remove barriers to access in existing lots. How many accessible spaces should there be? […]
Q&A: Jonathan Corbin, founder of parking app Veer
Launched in December 2014, parking app Veer helps Boston drivers find the cheapest, closest parking space available. We talked with co-founder Jonathan Corbin about what sets Veer apart, how he first sourced parking garage information (spoiler: it involved a lot of walking!) and how technology is saving drivers time… and trips around the block. When […]
Trending: Parking-garage condos in New York City
In a metropolis that simultaneously houses residents in abandoned subway tunnels while selling gift-wrapped mansions at price tags north of $100 million, it should surprise no one that old parking garages are now the thing in New York City. Prewar garages are being turned from grease-stained warehouses for cars to glitzy homes for eco-minded celebrities […]
Expert: Parking industry needs marketing expertise
In the United States alone, the parking industry generates roughly $8 billion annually, said First Research in a report released late last year. Think how much more it could earn with improved digital marketing, says expert Neil Robson, parking services director for Airport Direct Travel, in a recent article for Parking-Net. A veteran of the industry, Robson notes two […]
Orlando airport to spend $172M on new parking garage despite empty spots
Orlando International Airport officials are so confident about future business that they’re building a $172 million parking garage. What is puzzling about the project, however, is that the OIA already has thousands of open parking spots available. According to reports, the airport’s parking never sells out. The Orlando Sentinel reports, “It is common for fewer […]