Parking & Mobility Magazine
Editorial AI Policy
IPMI recognizes that using Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a common practice worldwide, including in journalism. Below is the AI policy for all editorial content submitted for publication with guidelines to create transparency and boundaries for Parking & Mobility magazine content.
This AI editorial policy is a living document that will be periodically reviewed and updated to reflect evolving technologies, ethical considerations, and regulatory requirements. The goal is to maintain a responsible and transparent approach to AI usage in Parking & Mobility magazine while upholding IPMI’s values.
Usage of AI Tools: Authors may use AI tools to assist in several ways related to preparing their article for publication. Examples include:
- Research.
- Generating images and graphics.
- Using grammar tools.
- Analyzing of data.
Authors may not use AI tools to generate copy submitted under their byline or to write their article all or in part. All article copy must be original to the author. AI may suggest ideas, provide insights, or assist in research, but the author’s final creative output is only the author’s responsibility.
Transparency: Authors must disclose to Parking & Mobility’s editor and readers in the final article if AI was used at any point to produce their article. This includes, but is not limited to: research, copy editing, image creation, or graphic design. Proper attribution ensures transparency and maintains the integrity of the publication and the author.
Graphics & Images: If the author, or any contributor they collaborate with, submits AI-generated images or graphics to be used in the final layout of their article, they must disclose this usage and provide credit to the program used to create each individual file submitted. This credit will be used in place of a traditional photographer’s credit in the final layout.
Research: If the author uses AI to conduct research, each instance of data, quotations, or statistics used in the final article must be verified by the original source, and that original source must be credited in the final article. IPMI will not be responsible for false information not verified by the author, and any due diligence falls on the author to verify. If any information in the final article is false, the article may be retracted immediately, and the author may not be considered for future submissions to Parking & Mobility magazine.
Ethical Considerations: Per the Associated Press guidelines, “Generative AI makes it even easier for people to intentionally spread mis- and disinformation through altered words, photos, video or audio, including content that may have no signs of alteration, appearing realistic and authentic. To avoid using such content inadvertently, journalists should exercise the same caution and skepticism they would normally, including trying to identify the source of the original content, doing a reverse image search to help verify an image’s origin, and checking for reports with similar content from trusted media.” IPMI advises any author who chooses to use an AI tool for research purposes only to thoroughly confirm any data from original sources before including such information in an article.
Compliance Authors who use AI tools must stay informed about relevant laws and regulations governing AI, especially those related to privacy, data protection, and editorial standards. They must also ensure full compliance with all applicable legal frameworks in the United States.
When COVID-19 hit last year, boosting contactless parking options was a no-brainer–nobody wanted to touch anything more than they absolutely had to. But as the pandemic dragged on, it became clear that some operations were going to have to think their permit systems, and nowhere was that more clear than university campuses. With fewer people going to campus every day of every week, the monthly or semester permit system needed to flex.
The COVID-19 pandemic had significant effects on the way parking and mobility operates. From reductions in revenue to an accelerated push to embrace contactless payment and a new emphasis on effective and efficient micro-mobility options, the challenges have been big.
Few parking sectors have been hit as hard by COVID-19 as airports–people simply aren’t flying. That said, when they do fly, driving to and parking at the airport is more attractive than using transit or transportation network companies (TNCs) such as Uber or Lyft, so as lockdowns ease, airport parking operations are seeing a bit of an uptick.
Campuses have emptied out. Hospitals are busier than ever. Municipalities are trying to help communities under shelter-in-place orders. And nobody knows when airports will get back to normal.
The closest most of us get to fungus is on the mushroom shelf at the grocery store or on the unidentifiable stuff at the back of the refrigerator crisper drawer (yeah, we know about that), and most of us are happy that way. Did you ever consider building a parking garage out of it?
Like so many industry professionals, David Onorato, CAPP, sort of fell into parking. “It was by luck,” he says. “I was working with the [Pittsburgh] city finance department and there was an opening in the parking authority. I was asked if I wanted to move there and I said yes. It’s parking–how hard can it be, right? Little did I know.”