A Guide to Parking

If you own a car, use public transportation, go to work or school, use health care, shop or dine out, or are part of a metropolitan community, parking affects you, probably in more ways than you?ve thought about. Because parking has such a huge effect on what happens in cities and towns and how the greater transportation system functions, decision-makers are beginning to realize that it?s critical to employ parking expertise at the beginning of the planning process. Designing and implementing an effective, professionally managed parking strategy can mean the difference between frustrating and costly traffic congestion and efficient, time-saving traffic flow. A Guide to Parking provides information on the current state of parking, providing professionals and students with an overview on major areas of parking and the transportation and mobility industry, punctuated by brief program examples.

Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Laws, Regulations, and Related Policy Chapter 3. Parking Planning: Functions, Analysis, and Strategy Chapter 4. Approaches to Parking Management Chapter 5. Parking Technology Chapter 6. Sustainability and Parking Chapter 7. Managing Staff and Professional Development Chapter 8. Parking Enforcement Chapter 9. Economics and Finance Chapter 10. Architecture and Aesthetics Chapter 11. Designing and Engineering Parking Garages Chapter 12. Functional Design Chapter 13. Constructing Parking Chapter 14. Maintenance and Repair Chapter 15. Safety and Security Chapter 16. Marketing, Communications, and Public Relations Chapter 17. Integrating Parking with Transportation Demand Management Chapter 18. Adaptive Reuse of Parking Structures Chapter 19. Trends in Parking: Future Thinking

The International Parking Institute(IPI) is the world’s largest and leading association of professionals in parking. Members include everyone from garage owners and operators to architects to city managers to government agencies, health care centers, universities, airports, and convention centers.