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Free Online Shoptalk: Mobility Options and COVID-19

April 20, 2020 Rachel Yoka Leave a comment

Tuesday April 14, 2020: 12:00 PM EST

Access the Recording here

Free Online Shoptalk: Mobility Options and COVID-19

IPMI invites all industry professionals in parking, transportation, and mobility to discuss how the COVID-19 crisis has impacted your various mobility programs and options, including fleet management, transit, and micro-mobility modes. We understand this is an extremely busy time and will record the online shoptalk and distribute to all members and colleagues. If you have a question or would like to share something that has worked for your organization in advance, please email Fernandez@parking-mobility.org.

Moderator:

Robert Ferrin, Assistant Director for Parking Services, Columbus, Ohio, oversees the administration, enforcement, operations, and management of public parking for the City of Columbus.

In June 2019 he was elected to the International Parking and Mobility Institute (IPMI) Board of Directors. Robert moved to Columbus in late 2017 from Colorado, where he spent nearly seven years working in various parking leadership roles with the City and County of Denver as their Manager of On-Street Programs and the City of Aurora as their Parking & Mobility Manager. Robert is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he earned a Bachelor and Master of Geography degrees.

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Free Online Shoptalk: COVID-19 & Industry Response – Municipal & Transportation Providers

April 20, 2020 Rachel Yoka Leave a comment

March 24 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Tuesday, March 24, 2020: 12:00 PM EST

Online Shoptalk for Municipalities & Transportation Providers: COVID-19 and Our Industry’s Response

Access the recording here.

Join IPMI for a free online shoptalk to discuss and collaborate about the effects of the COVID-19 virus and the industry’s response. Moderated by Casey Jones, CAPP, former IPMI chair, this hour-long discussion will provide insights, evolving best practices and ideas/solutions to help your organization cope with these challenges. We understand this is an extremely busy time and will record the online shoptalk and distribute to all members and colleagues. If you have a question or would like to share something that has worked for your organization in advance, please email Fernandez@parking-mobility.org.

Limited to 100 registrants

Moderator:

Casey Jones, CAPP is a recognized transportation and parking industry leader with over 24 years industry experience overseeing parking and transportation programs in the Pacific Northwest and at the University of Colorado and Boise State University. He’s spent the past 10 years providing consulting and project management services to universities, cities and hospitals focusing on improving customer satisfaction, operational effectiveness, and financial performance. His public and private sector operational experience complements his strong project management skills and experience. Jones currently serves as Senior Parking & Mobility Planner for DESMAN. He is past chairman of the board for the International Parking & Mobility Institute (IPMI), he serves on the Accredited Parking Organization Board of Directors and is a board director for the California Public Parking Association and Pacific Intermountain Parking and Transportation Association.

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Mid-South Transportation and Parking Association (MSTPA): Annual Conference and Tradeshow 2021

COVID’s Effect on TDM Programs

April 15, 2020 Rachel Yoka Leave a comment

By Perry Eggleston, CAPP, DPA

With the COVID-19 crisis in full effect, I started to look at the post-crisis impact on traditional transportation demand planning. I work on a large university campus with an active TDM program that’s been successful in the reduction of the number of single-occupant vehicle (SOV) trips. However, how will the COVID-19 crisis fears change the community’s perception of safety in using multi-passenger modes like mass transit and carpools?

When classes return to campus, I believe there may be a significant increase in SOV trips as affiliates want to travel in environments they control. If this spike occurs, how will campuses deal with the sudden vehicle increases, which were effectively reduced in the past, and how long will this “temporary” spike last?

With those questions in mind, I am taking this downtime to consider countermeasures. Keeping in mind the affiliate’s safety concerns, the campus administration’s desire to provide campus access, and maintaining carbon reduction mandates, how will we address what may be only a relatively temporary situation?

With the assistance of an industry expert on parking demand shifts, we are taking a serious look at addressing these potential SOV spikes when classes return to campus. Solutions being discussed are parking permit sales caps, prohibiting additional categories of students from purchasing permits (first-year students are not allowed to buy a permit at present), to reassessing our permit structures to include a zonal component that moves more parkers out of the campus core to its extremities. I found the zonal suggestion interesting as I was looking to implement this in about three years, but I am amazed how a sudden circumstance change requires its consideration now.

Perry Eggleston, CAPP, DPA, is executive director of transportation services with the University of California Davis.

Online Instructor Led Course: Finance & Auditing for Parking, Transportation, and Mobility Pros

Two Day Course: September 15 and 17, 2020

Overview:

This session is a comprehensive financial foundation for anyone involved in parking and mobility. It will cover fundamental finance and accounting concepts with a specific reference marking and mobility budgets, including. financial reporting, budgeting, bond basics, Metrics (KPI’s), Captial Planning, Auditing, and the importance of stakeholder involvement.

At the completion of this course you will be able to:

Interpret and develop a financial report
Recognize why bond basics is a primary means to raise capital
Develop an audit checklist for your organization
Create a dashboard with metrics

Presenter: Samuel Veraldi, CAPP

Sam Veraldi, CAPP is Vice President of Consulting Services at SP+ Corporation. He formerly served as the Director of Parking and Transportation at Duke University and a Practice Builder with Kimley Horn. Sam has been teaching in the CAPP curriculum since 2015 and is a member of the Research Committee with the International Parking & Mobility Institute (IPMI). He has been teaching finance at Duke for more than 20 years, and has over 20 years Senior Finance experience with IBM and GE Capital.

Course Credits: 4 CAPP Points for Candidates and 4 CAPP Points for recertificants in Program Type 5.

Interested in attending both Analysis & Application of Technology and Finance & Auditing for Parking, Transportation, & Mobility Pros. Register for both and save! Contact us to get a discount code to register for both.

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Free Online Shoptalk on COVID-19 & Our Industry’s Response – Universities & Campuses

April 3, 2020 Rachel Yoka Leave a comment

March 31 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT

Tuesday, March 31, 2020: 12:00 PM EST

Access the recording here.

Online Shoptalk for Universities and Campuses: COVID-19 and Our Industry’s Response

Join IPMI for a free online shoptalk to discuss and collaborate about the effects of the COVID-19 virus and the industry’s response. Moderated by Kim Jackson, CAPP, former IPMI chair, this hour-long discussion will provide insights, evolving best practices and ideas/solutions to help your organization cope with these challenges. We understand this is an extremely busy time and will record the online shoptalk and distribute to all members and colleagues. If you have a question or would like to share something that has worked for your organization in advance, please email Fernandez@parking-mobility.org.

Moderator:

Kim Jackson, CAPP, provides leadership, expertise, and management for university transportation and parking operations, services, facilities, and programs. In 2008, she was hired as the first Director, Transportation & Parking Services for Princeton University. She was previously Executive Director of IPMI. She is a class of 2000 CAPP graduate and past chair of IPMI’s Board of Directors.

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IPMI News: Important Message from the IPMI CEO & Chair

March 31, 2020 Rachel Yoka Leave a comment

#IPMI2020 Goes Virtual

Pivoting our Conference & Expo to a Virtual Event

Nothing is more important than the health and safety of our members, partners, and employees. During the last few weeks, we have been closely monitoring the evolving situation with the COVID-19 outbreak to ensure we are taking every precaution to look after our community. After careful consideration, we’ve decided there will be no physical event for the 2020 IPMI Conference & Expo. Instead, we will reimagine the 2020 IPMI Conference & Expo as a virtual experience.

Tentatively scheduled for June 1 – 2, 2020, the IPMI Virtual Parking & Mobility Conference & Expo will deliver the education that is the hallmark of our association to you, wherever you are. In the coming weeks, we will release the comprehensive education program, online networking, and virtual Expo.

We are working to get the information you need as quickly as possible. Our Conference team is in the process of finalizing plans and will launch an FAQ page for attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors, addressing registration for the virtual event and all refund options. Our team will be in touch with you on or before April 10, 2020.

Few industries pull together to support their community like ours, and we thank you for your confidence in the weeks and months ahead. In the interim, IPMI will host free online industry-specific Shoptalks addressing the COVID-19 crisis and the industry response beginning this Tuesday, March 24 and continuing March 31, with additional resources to come. These will be offered live and recorded to share with those who can’t attend; click here to pre-register.

We look forward to supporting you in this critical time and unveiling the IPMI Virtual Parking & Mobility Conference & Expo. Your support in continuing the important work of advancing the parking, transportation, and mobility industry is greatly appreciated. It is an honor and a privilege for IPMI to serve our members and the entire community.

Shawn D. Conrad, CAE
Chief Executive Officer
International Parking & Mobility Institute

David G. Onorato, CAPP
Chair, IPMI Board of Directors
Pittsburgh Parking Authority

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Member News: JTA, Beep & NAVYA Autonomous Shuttles Help Transport COVID-19 Tests Collected at Mayo Clinic Drive-Thru Site in Jacksonville

March 30, 2020 Rachel Yoka Leave a comment

The Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA), Beep Inc. and NAVYA partner with Mayo Clinic to safely transport COVID-19 samples on their Jacksonville Campus

JACKSONVILLE, (APRIL 2, 2020) – For the first time in the United States, autonomous vehicles are being used to transport medical supplies and COVID-19 tests at Mayo Clinic in Florida.

At a time when healthcare resources and personnel are stretched thin, the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) has partnered with Beep and NAVYA to use autonomous vehicles to facilitate the safe transport of COVID-19 tests collected at a drive-thru testing location at Mayo Clinic in Florida.

“This deployment is a historic moment for the Jacksonville Transportation Authority,” said JTA Chief Executive Officer Nathaniel P. Ford Sr. “Along with our partners Beep, NAVYA and Mayo Clinic, we are leveraging our learnings from three years of testing autonomous vehicles through our Ultimate Urban Circulator program. Our innovative team saw this as an opportunity to use technology to respond to this crisis in Northeast Florida and increase the safety of COVID-19 testing.”

On Monday, March 30, 2020, up to four autonomous vehicles began operating along an initial route, in full autonomous mode without attendants or other people onboard, to transport COVID-19 tests from a drive-thru testing site to a processing laboratory on Mayo Clinic campus. The COVID-19 test samples are placed in secure containers prior to Mayo Clinic healthcare professionals loading the samples onto the shuttle.

“During a time of rapid change and uncertainty, the ability to think innovatively alongside the Jacksonville Transportation Authority, NAVYA, and Beep during the pandemic has strengthened all of our teams through community collaboration,” said Kent Thielen, M.D., CEO, Mayo Clinic in Florida. “Using artificial intelligence enables us to protect staff from exposure to this contagious virus by using cutting edge autonomous vehicle technology, and frees up staff time that can be dedicated to direct treatment and care for patients. We are grateful to JTA, Beep, and NAVYA for their partnership in these challenging times.”

The JTA, Beep, NAVYA and Bestmile teams partnered to create, test and deploy the routes for the autonomous vehicles at Mayo Clinic in Florida to address the fluid developments of the COVID-19 pandemic. The routes are isolated from pedestrians, traffic and staff. Beep, Mayo Clinic and the JTA will closely monitor the service from a mobile command center to maintain safe operation.

“Mayo Clinic is known as a leader in innovation and technology for providing world-class healthcare services to their patients in so many important areas of medicine,” said Joe Moye, CEO, Beep, Inc. “It is both humbling and exciting to partner with them in bringing this innovative solution to support such a critical challenge facing our country. We are equally as proud to work with our partners at the JTA, NAVYA and Bestmile, a fleet orchestration and optimization software company, in making this happen and doing our part to support this important cause.”

Beep, an autonomous shuttle fleet service provider, transported the shuttles through Eagle Express Inc. from Lake Nona, Florida, an innovation hub 150 miles away where the company is headquartered in Orlando, Florida. An additional shuttle is being utilized from the JTA’s Ultimate Urban Circulator (U²C) program. The JTA has actively tested AV technology since 2017 to prepare for a conversion and expansion of its Skyway automated people mover in Downtown Jacksonville into a network powered by autonomous vehicles.

“The opportunity to work together with these organizations in an effort to provide a dedicated COVID-19 testing solution represents our goal as a company, and that’s to create a more accessible solution in the moments that matter, whether that be crisis, shortage in manpower and resources, or other areas we can provide aid in,” said Étienne Hermite, CEO of NAVYA.

The use of the autonomous vehicles to safely transport and handle the COVID-19 samples is another example how these vehicles can be repurposed in times of need. #

CONTACT:

ABOUT MAYO CLINIC:
Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit organization committed to innovation in clinical practice, education and research, and providing compassion, expertise and answers to everyone who needs healing. Visit the Mayo Clinic News Network for additional Mayo Clinic news and An Inside Look at Mayo Clinic for more information about Mayo.

Contact:
Tia R. Ford
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
(904) 953-1419
Ford.Tia@mayo.edu

ABOUT BEEP:

Beep, Inc. (“Beep”) founded by experienced fleet managers and technology entrepreneurs, offers the next generation of transportation services for autonomous passenger mobility to fleet owners and operators in low speed environments?across the public and private sector, including transportation hubs, medical and university campuses,?residential communities, town centers, and more. Beep’s operations are headquartered in Lake Nona, Orlando. www.go-beep.com .

Contact:
Erica Olson
Beep Inc./Merit Mile
(763) 458-4435
Eolson@meritmile.com

ABOUT Jacksonville Transportation Authority:

The Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) is an independent agency of the state of Florida, serving Duval County, with multi-modal responsibilities. The JTA designs and constructs bridges and highways and provides varied mass transit services. These include express and regular bus service, monorail, ferry and on-demand services. The JTA serves the largest city in the continental U.S. in terms of landmass. An integrated transportation network is a critical element in any community to properly manage growth, provide mobility and offer a good quality of life. Learn more at www.jtafla.com

Contact:
David Cawton II
Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA)
(904) 239-7989
dcawton@jtafla.com

ABOUT NAVYA:

NAVYA is a top French name in autonomous driving systems. With over 280 employees in France (Paris and Lyon) and in the United States (Saline, Michigan), NAVYA is a leading specialist in the supply of autonomous driving systems for passenger and goods transport. Since 2015, NAVYA has been the first to market and put into service autonomous mobility solutions in cities and private sites across the globe. For more information: www.navya.tech/en

Contact:
Travis Ockerman
NAVYA North America
(734) 787-0047
travis.ockerman@navya.tech

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No Scooting in Skirts? Why Women Aren’t Embracing Micro-mobility.

March 10, 2020 Rachel Yoka Leave a comment

We see shared e-bikes and scooters all over downtowns and campuses, but researchers noticed something recently: They are overwhelmingly occupied by men. Women haven’t embraced micro-mobility modes as much as men have. So the researchers got together with 40 female mobility professionals to find out why.

Some of what they learned:

The last mile of a trip is the most challenging for women at night. They don’t feel safe walking or using scooters or bikes on poorly lit or unpopulated streets.
Many women, particularly mothers, trip-chain, stopping at several destinations during most outings. A trip to work involves a stop at daycare or school, and the trip at home includes that stop again plus one at the store, extracurricular activity for the children, or other destination. They’re often holding little hands and carrying things besides a briefcase. Doing that on a bike or scooter is challenging, if not impossible.
Working women experience tension “between status and impact.” Their professional appearance (clothing, shoes, hair, makeup, etc.) is important and can be destroyed on a bike or scooter.
Women are time-crunched. They often multi-task, combining a subway ride with paperwork or a ride-share with phone calls. Neither is possible on micro-mobility.

There are more reasons, and the experts behind the study share them along with their story and why it’s all important, in the March issue of Parking & Mobility magazine. Read it here and let us know on Forum—what do you think?

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Supporting Mobility in an Open Environment

February 5, 2020 Kim Fernandez Leave a comment

By Roamy Valera, CAPP

Next Wednesday, I’ll have the pleasure of presenting an IPMI webinar: Supporting Mobility In An Open Environment. Mobility is a rapidly evolving discipline within the urban planning and parking fields, and I hope to inspire a conversation about how we can do a better job of promoting it in a way that fully benefits everyone.

When it comes to mobility, the future has already arrived. You just need to know where to look. Parking and transportation professionals around the globe are seeking new ways to promote mobility and apply planning approaches and new technologies to their mobility challenges. We can learn much by looking to the experiences of experts, planners, and parking professionals in other parts of the world—the challenges they face and the strategies and tools they are using to overcome those challenges.

How do we apply technology to help people get to their destinations more freely and conveniently? What are the most exciting technologies, particularly apps, for promoting mobility? How do we make these technologies integral to the lives of commuters and travelers, without risking app fatigue or burnout? These are all questions that are being grappled with around the globe, and many communities and parking organizations have come up with some pretty good ideas. What can we learn from parking professionals in other parts of the world who have addressed these very issues?

I hope you’ll join me on Feb. 12 from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern. You can register for the webinar at this link.

Roamy Valera, CAPP, is CEO, North America, with PayByPhone.