Publications

IPMI’s Electric Vehicle (EV) Readiness Guide

IPMI EV Readiness Resource Guide available for download. Excerpted from the Executive Summary  Electric vehicles (EVs) and charging infrastructure are poised to transform the parking, transportation, and mobility industry. The launch of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program, along with complementary federal, state, and local funding, policies, and Read More »

2021 IPMI Insider’s Guide to Professional Development

Get all the details on every educational opportunity throughout 2021, including numerous free and significantly discounted professional development resources. Download the 2021 IPMI Insider’s Guide to Professional Development.

IPMI News: IPMI Releases Roadmap to Recovery, Special Edition: July 2020

Download IPMI”s Roadmap to Recovery, a special edition capturing the latest on the parking, transportation, and mobility industry’s response to the COVID-19 crisis. Share your experience and your expertise.  Complete the 2020 IPMI COVID-19 Industry Response and Impact Benchmark Survey before July 30, 2020. One lucky participant will win a Read More »

COVID-19 and Our Industry

What the pandemic means for parking and mobility operations, and what professionals are doing to keep things moving. IT’S DIFFICULT TO THINK THAT WHEN A MYSTERIOUS NEW VIRUS infected 41 people in Wuhan, China, last December, anyone could have foreseen the coming global effect. COVID-19 has dominated the news and Read More »

A Guide to Parking

Many parking professionals have lamented that there is no textbook for our industry—until now. A Guide to Parking provides information on the current state of parking, providing professionals and students with an overview of major areas of the parking, transportation, and mobility industry, punctuated by brief program examples. More than 30 Read More »

2020 Insider’s Guide to the International Parking & Mobility Institute

Download the full document to explore member benefits, member survey results, and more.

The Parking Professional: Contracts Nothing Lasts Forever

Why and how owners should issue regular RFPs for parking operations services. By Will Rhodin REMEMBER THAT OLD CLICHÉ that nothing lasts forever? Well, that can definitely be true when it comes to a parking management relationship. As tempting as it may be to sign that one-page “same terms and Read More »

Parking Spotlight: Design Downtown for Women— Men Will Follow

By David M. Feehan DARK, DIRTY, DULL, AND DANGEROUS. That is how one woman described parking garages in her downtown. None of us in the parking industry would like to have more than half of our custom­ers saying things like that about the facilities we manage. Yet most parking professionals Read More »

Case Study: But I fed the meter!

How one busy municipality solved the challenge of short-term downtown parking without alienating anyone, with great success. PARKING AVAILABILITY in a vibrant downtown is something most people entirely misunderstand. The general feeling is that there is not enough parking when space is not available right in front of the destination, Read More »

The Parking Professional: HOW the and WHY the

By David Mepham, PhD Rethinking parking,  the Main Street place and access experience, and where we go from here. THE RISE AND RISE OF AMAZON AND ONLINE SHOPPING has trans­formed the way we consume. This trend can be contrasted with the demise of traditional shopping and face-to-face trading. Despite these Read More »