IPI Expounds on its International Focus

IPI leaders will present at two upcoming international meetings as part of its continuing efforts to explore parking issues and solutions around the world.  

World Parking Symposium VIII 
Why does Parking & Transportation Matter?
The Future of Service Delivery in the 21st Century
Niagara College, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada
June 26 to 29, 2011  

Conference Highlights include:
Sunday Keynote by David K. Foot, Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Toronto. Co-author of best-selling books, including "Boom Bust & Echo: How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Shift."
 
Donald C. Shoup, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles. Widely-regarded expert in the economics and availability of parking, author of "The High Cost of Free Parking."

IPI's Communications Counsel Helen Sullivan, APR, Fellow PRSA, and Executive Director Shawn Conrad, CAE, will showcase Parking Matters outreach efforts and results. 

The conference also includes presentations by many experts in parking policy issues, including The Future of Mobility...The Effects of Parking Facilities on Urban Structures...Parking Service Delivery - Public vs. Private...Transit Vision 2040...Funding TDM Migration...The Importance and Relevance of the Parking Industry...From Demand to Development...How do Australian Cities Manage Parking?...Smart Growth...Using Simulation in Parking Policy...Europe's Parking U-Turn...Taking Parking Management to the Cloud....and much more.

For more information and to register, go to www.worldparkingsymposium.ca.

European Parking Congress 

The 15th European Parking Congress

Organized by AIPARK, Italian Parking Association

September 14 -16, Torino, Italy.

PARKING: The New Deal
The Congress will address detailed parking matters as well as wider issues of urban mobility: how European cities can be accessed and used. The program was prepared by a European scientific committee comprised of 20 experts who have developed four macro areas: perception, technology, management, and economics. They will also debate integrated mobility planning, new developments in vehicle production, and the necessity of parking as a tool within the urban mobility system.  

IPI Executive Director Shawn Conrad, CAE, and IPI Chair, Casey Jones, CAPP, will present IPI's program for advancing the parking industry,  Parking Matters, during this meeting. 

For more information, visit www.epacongress.eu. 

More than 6,000 Trained as First Observers - Be Sure your Employees are Next

At the recent IPI Conference & Expo in Pittsburgh, TSA Assistant Administrator John Sammon briefed the attendees on the importance and success of the parking-specific First Observer anti-terrorism training program The TSA is quite pleased that more than  6,000 parking professionals were trained in one year, Sammon said, and while the program is clearly off to a great start, more needs to be done. He encouraged all industry organizations to present this free training at their locations for all employees. For more information, or to schedule a First Observer onsite training, contact Henry Wallmeyer at wallmeyer@parking.org, or 540.371.7535 x21, or visit www.parking.org/firstobserver.

RFPs Posted on IPI RFP Portal 

These and other open parking RFP's are available at the IPI RFP Portal. Access to complete RFP/RFQ details is restricted to IPI Members.

The County of San Luis Obispo, Calif.

For: Parking Kiosks 

Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority   

For: Comprehensive Parking Review

City of North Bay, Ontario   

For: Parking and Security Services

The City of Temple City, Calif.   

For: Comprehensive Downtown Parking Study and Strategic Plan

Have a RFP or RFQ you would like to have promoted? IPI provides this forum for parking organizations to post their RFPs and RFQs at no charge. For more information, contact IPI Deputy Director, Henry Wallmeyer.

State of the States 

If you have not heard, Texas Parking Association is now Texas Parking and Transportation Association. You can still find us at the same website of www.texasparking.org. We not only changed our name during our business meeting on March 30, 2011, but we also revised our by-laws and announced our 2011 Board and Officers. 

Officers:

President: Larry DeLuca

Vice President: Liliana Rambo, CAPP

Executive Director: Brad Conner

Secretary: Eve Grubb, CAPP

Treasurer: Barry Lohr, CAPP

Board: Jerry Dinse, Dean Ahmad, Scott Kangas, CAPP, Bob Harkins, Chris Archer and Mary Mabry, CAPP 

Liliana Rambo, CAPP with the City of Houston, and Eve Grubb, CAPP with Texas Medical Center in Houston, will serve as host committee co-chairs for our 2012 Conference and Tradeshow.

Our TPTA Roundtables are a great way to network free of charge; attendees enjoy one day of highly educational sessions and get answers to challenging issues facing our organizations. Our next Roundtable and Networking session, which will cover financial planning, stakeholders, and automated parking solutions, will be held on July 13, 2011, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Texas A & M University, Rudder Tower, room 304, in College Station. Many parking professionals will share their expertise on how they developed solutions for the same problems. Please join us for a fun and educational day. Remember, this training opportunity is FREE of charge, and we hope to see you there. More information and the registration form will be on our website.  

We encourage you to send us any newsworthy information from your city or business--we all are interested in what is taking place in the Texas parking industry. Communication is a top priority in every company, and we know your input and expertise will allow our association publications and website to be valuable sources of information for our members. 

Recently one of our new members informed us of his input in the recently passed House Bill 1473ENR, which makes it an offense for a person to alter a disabled placard. We will not ruin the surprise as his story will be published soon on our website and in the newsletter, but it is and example of how some professionals in our association are making huge changes. Please forward your news, including promotions, changing and updates. We also enjoy sharing job openings! Email Mary Mabry, mabry@uta.edu, and visitour website to learn about the benefits our association provides.