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NEPC University Forum, Return to Campus: Pandemic Response for Fall Term

Return to Campus: Pandemic Response for Fall Term

Join us as our panel of experts, in university parking, transportation and commuter services, explain how top universities in New England have handled opening and students returning to campus for fall semester during Covid-19.

Panelist Include:

Jim Barr, Director of Transportation and Parking Services, University of Vermont
Jim Sarafin, Director of Parking & CommuterChoice, Harvard University
Carleia Lighty, Director, Transportation and Brown Card Services, Brown University
Ed Bebyn, Director, Yale University Parking and Transit, Yale University

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IPMI Webinar: Curbing COVID-19 at the Curb, presented by Matthew Darst, Conduent Transportation.

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Curbing COVID-19 at the Curb

Matthew Darst, JD; Director of Curbside Management; Conduent Transportation

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How we think about traveling and commuting in the cities where we work and live has changed dramatically with the spread of COVID-19 . We drive less, eschew public transportation, and are less likely to use shared mobility devices. This new definition of mobility has exacerbated declining municipal revenues. Cities and states face a unique challenge: stimulate local economies and generate revenue all while working to reopen responsibly to prevent new hot spots of infection and protect public health.

Curbside technologies offer unique solutions to help fund government programs while safeguarding the public. Curbside technologies can help monitor and mitigate viral spread, provide economic relief to constituents, and create a path for municipal revenue recovery. Cities have an opportunity to quickly pivot and utilize metered parking, permit parking, citation issuance and processing, and data science to achieve critical municipal goals.

Attendees will:

Identify curbside strategies for reducing the risk of contagion, providing relief to customers, and helping fund critical municipal goals.
Assess curbside data for its effectiveness as an early indicator of people congregating/flaunting social distancing guidelines, the need for enforcement, and the spread of COVID-19.
Detail best practices and measure the effectiveness of amnesty and relief programs for constituents and revenue recovery efforts.

Offers 1 CAPP Credit towards application or recertification.

Presenter:

Matthew Darst, JD; Director of Curbside Management; Conduent Transportation

Matt Darst, JD, oversees Conduent Transportation’s analytics team, helping cities use data to better manage curbside resources to promote social equity, improve pedestrian safety, and increase physical distancing during the pandemic. Prior to joining Conduent, he served in the public sector for 16 years.

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IPMI Webinar: Teleworking: An Alternate Mobility Mode. Presented by Perry H. Eggleston, CAPP & Ramon Zavala University of California at Davis.

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Teleworking: An Alternate Mobility Mode

Perry H. Eggleston, CAPP, DPA; Executive Director for Transportation Services; University of California at Davis

Ramon Zavala, Transportation Demand Manager, UC Davis Transportation Services

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Rahm Emanuel said, “You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.”

Last year brought discussions of campus closures, telelearning, and teleworking. Within a week, these discussions were reality. When the awareness that this COVID thing would last longer than a few weeks, we started to look at how the lull could be used to keep the momentum of teleworking going as a demand-reduction tool.

To address all the issues for making teleworking an ongoing mobility strategy, we created a telework committee. Stakeholders from human resources, technology, safety and ergonomics, employee/union relations, communications, and finance. Transportation Services coordinates the committee, which will address the physical, legal, supervisory, and training issues and keep teleworking a viable mobility option into the future.

Attendees will:

Illustrate how teleworking is a mobility advantage.
Recognize the institutional needs of a teleworking program.
Detail best practices and measure the effectiveness of amnesty and relief programs for constituents and revenue recovery efforts.

Offers 1 CAPP Credit towards application or recertification.

Presenters:

Perry H. Eggleston, CAPP, DPA; Executive Director for Transportation Services; UC Davis Transportation Services

Perry Eggleston, CAPP, DPA, has more than 25 years’ experience developing, refining, and implementing mobility programs as an officer, supervisor, manager, director, consultant, and executive director. In his career, he has served organizations in California, Kentucky, New Jersey, and Texas. He is an active member of the IPMI and California Public Parking Association.

Ramon Zavala, Transportation Demand Manager, UC Davis Transportation Services

Ramon Zavala holds a bachelor’s degree in criminology from UC Irvine, where he began his work in transportation demand management. After seven years with UCI’s Transportation department, he transferred to UC Davis’ Transportation Services, where he manages the TDM program, transit relations, and overseeing the overseeing the bicycle program.

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IPMI Blog

Movement for Everyone

July 28, 2020 Kim Fernandez Leave a comment

By Casey Jones, CAPP

Last November, Lauren McLean succeeded four-term incumbent Dave Bieter to become Boise’s 56^th mayor. To establish her agenda and set priorities for the new administration, the new mayor invited more than 70 citizens to participate in one of six transition committees tasked with forming recommendations to address social equity, economic opportunity, community engagement, housing, sustainability, and transportation. I had the great fortune of joining 15 fellow citizens who, together, produced a report, “Movement for Everyone.”

Our group was diverse and included members of the business community, accessibility advocates, public transportation service providers, Boise State University, transportation consultants, and traffic engineers. The report and accompanying recommendations were equally diverse and were based on the following assumptions:

Congestion cannot be mitigated without substantial community behavioral changes and decreased vehicle miles traveled in the city.
Pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicle injuries and fatalities are preventable.
Priority should be given to building on existing infrastructure, services, and programs.
Boise is a part of a larger, critical region that is growing together.
The City of Boise must be an effective and collaborative partner with both public and private entities.

Recommendations were divided into temporal categories– first 100 days, first year, first term–and included a mix of policy, funding, and tactical steps the city should take to improve transportation for its citizens and adjacent communities. Some of the most exciting and promising recommendations are:

Bolster the recently formed downtown Boise transportation management association (City Go) to maximize its visibility, increase its use, and decrease congestion in core areas of the city.
Ensure the City of Boise is the commute trip reduction model employer by maximizing incentives for alternative transportation for its employees.
Increase management efforts in Boise and explore additional innovations aimed at maximizing access for short-term parking users. Leverage digital advancement and invest in solutions to support transportation network corporations (i.e. Uber, Lyft), freight, and transit.
Partner with Boise State University to advance practical research aimed at quantifying, understanding, and developing potential solutions for the city’s transportation needs.

Participating on the committee made me more hopeful than ever about the future of our community’s transportation efforts, most especially when we work together to address the pressing issue we face. You can read the full report here.

Casey Jones, CAPP, is senior parking and mobility planner with DESMAN.

Free Online Shoptalk: Looking Back, Planning Ahead: Leaving 2020 in the Dust and Building a Better 2021, Moderated by Casey Jones, CAPP

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Looking Back, Planning Ahead: Leaving 2020 in the Dust and Building a Better 2021, Moderated by Casey Jones, CAPP

December 16, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ET

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Free to all industry professionals. Registration coming soon.

Join IPMI for our next online Shoptalk addressing the parking, transportation, and mobility industry’s response and recovery planning. Open to all, join us for discussions centered on best practices, next steps, and the challenges ahead.

Shoptalk Summary

How can we hit the ground running to make 2021 a year of recovery and rebounding for parking and mobility? We have provided a deep dive into data and takeaways from the IPMI Industry Response & Recovery Benchmarking Survey; now it’s time to shift our mindset.

Let us know how decisions are being made, what you and your team need now, and how the industry is responding in every sector. Share your plans and hear what other organizations are doing to plan for the year ahead.

This conversation will be solutions-based. Bring your progressive, innovative, and inspired ideas and concepts to share with the IPMI community to create a more vibrant and adaptable transportation and mobility ecosystem.

Submit your questions and thoughts for the discussion on the registration page.

Casey Jones, CAPP, DESMAN

Casey Jones, CAPP, is a recognized transportation and parking industry leader with more than 24 years of 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 complement his strong project management skills and experience. He joined DESMAN in August 2019. He is a past chairman of the Board for the International Parking & Mobility Institute (IPMI). He serves on the Accredited Parking Organization (APO) Board of Directors and is a Board Director for the California Public Parking Association and Pacific Intermountain Parking and Transportation Association.

Free Online Shoptalk: From Disruption to Adaptation: Legal and Policy Implications for Cities and Transit in the Wake of COVID-19

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From Disruption to Adaptation: Legal and Policy Implications for Cities and Transit in the Wake of COVID-19

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Dive into relevant data and takeaways from the IPMI Industry Response & Recovery Benchmarking Survey. Discuss observations and recent trends, and examine how mobility system shifts are creating challenges to existing municipal legal and policy structures. Explore how decisions are being made, what’s needed now, and how cities are responding. This Shoptalk will focus primarily on municipalities and public agencies, and all are welcome to attend.

Our Moderator

Kathryn Hebert, Director Transportation, Mobility, and Parking, City of Norwalk, CT

Kathryn is a strategic visionary leader bringing together the best ideas and people from public and private sectors to innovate and transform communities. For over 30 years, she has been instrumental in the resurgence of Norwalk, Connecticut, with changes made possible by reimagining transportation, parking, mobility, and all supporting components. Equally adept at managing the business of government, enlisting resources, and partnering with private sector organizations to achieve goals. Kathryn is currently the Director of Transportation, Mobility, and Parking for the City of Norwalk, Conn. As a critical part of the City of Norwalk Economic Development Team, she directs the City’s Transportation, Mobility and Parking Department providing oversight, leadership and management to create and implement convenient and safe mobile connectivity between neighborhoods, business districts and major transportation hubs through coordinated planning, engineering, operations and community collaborations. She is an elected member of the IPMI Board of Directors and is the Immediate Past President of the New England Parking Council.

October 21: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Webinar (Free to Members Only)

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Webinar

Free to Members, Pre-registration required.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are three distinct ingredients that some feel are missing from the American Pie. They are equally imperative to changing the trajectory of today’s workplace. Systemic racism has not only found its place on our streets, social media, and politics, but in our business.

Failure to properly address DEI in the workforce will inevitably affect employee morale, efficiency, and productivity. How do we create an environment that is receptive to DEI? Verna Myers, vice president of inclusion strategy at Netflix, once said “Diversity is being asked to the party. Inclusion is being asked to dance.” Only through a comprehensive understanding of DEI and new ways of doing business and viewing employees, especially those within minority groups, will companies begin to create change.

This session is intended to show how open dialogue can be productive and break down barriers and myths to educate some on the why behind the movement; and t look at the root of the issues and learn to better and more openly listen to our fellow employees.

Tiffany Smith is the Director of the Parking Authority of River City in Louisville, Ky. She has worked for PARC for 25 years. She leads a diverse staff of 32 employees with a focus on employee engagement and a commitment to superior customer service. Her operations include 15 garages, three surface lots and 4,800 on-street spaces. Her department recently earned IPMI’s Accreditation Parking Organization with Distinction certification. She is a member of various boards and organizations and in her free time, enjoys playing tennis. She loves parking, people, and living with a purpose.

Mike Tudor, CAPP, is the Assistant Director of the Parking Authority of River City (PARC), Inc. in Louisville, Ky.,where he has worked since 1997 within key off-street and on-street operational, management, and leadership roles. He currently serves as President of the Midsouth Transportation and Parking Association (MSTPA) with a previous role of Secretary since 2015. He serves on the IPMI State and Regional Association Committee. He holds an undergraduate degree from Cincinnati Christian University (CCU). He spent the early part of his career in all aspects of parking with the private sector to include management of private lots, garages, and valet services. He earned his CAPP certification in 2019. Mike has a passion for God, family, outdoor activities, and supporting inclusion in the parking industry.

Submit your questions and thoughts for the discussion to Kim Fernandez at fernandez@parking-mobility.org.

IPMI Blog, Resources

A Seat at the Table During COVID-19

July 7, 2020 Kim Fernandez Leave a comment

By Marlene Cramer, CAPP

For years, parking and mobility professionals have advocated for a seat at the table. As director of transportation and parking at a university campus, one of my collateral roles is as planning sections chief in our campus Emergency Operation Center (EOC). During the past four months, COVID-19 planning has been complex, ongoing, and evolving. The planning section analyzes and collects data and information so the whole EOC team has up-to-date situational awareness. We rely on regional, state, and worldwide data and circumstances so the collective EOC team can make operational recommendations and decisions for the months and years ahead. There is constant orchestration of information with local public health agencies and a myriad of campus departments and community entities. Not an easy task! The demands of the pandemic and the dismal budget realities for most make our planning efforts even more complex and essential.

In my role as planning section chief, I get the opportunity to collaborate with a diverse group of professionals I never would have worked with in my parking role before COVID-19. As I see the groups and task forces work together and develop plans and objectives, I have a better and deeper understanding and appreciation of the complexity of campus operations.

I’ve always said that parking professionals manage emergencies every day. It’s pretty much in our nature no matter what role we have, and we are used to planning in a quickly changing, fluid environment. There is so much variability between all our agencies, but we do have one thing in common: We are all working to get through this historic time, hopefully with courage and a growth mindset. A seat at the table gives me a bird’s eye perspective of plans for the university to repopulate and move ahead to our new normal. This is a critical and insightful view to help ensure that the future of transportation and parking complements the future operations of the university. I am very grateful to have a seat at the planning table and look forward to the future, minus COVID-19. Take care and stay healthy.

Marlene Cramer, CAPP, is director, transportation and parking services at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.

IPMI Blog, Resources, Transportation & Mobility

Urban Mobility After COVID-19

July 2, 2020 Rachel Yoka Leave a comment

More of us are working from home than ever—some with no return to office in sight. Buses and commuter trains are running nearly empty in some markets, cars stay parked for weeks at a time, and the demand for bikes is unprecedented.

COVID-19 has had huge effects on the way people get around, but what might it mean for the future of cities? The City Fix, a publication of the World Resources Institute, has some thoughts:

Active mobility (walking, biking, scootering, etc.) will remain popular and cities may decide to widen or create dedicated spaces for those transportation modes, away from cars.
Working and learning from home may never go back to pre-pandemic, low levels, which may translate to less traffic, more open space, and less tolerance for crowds on and off roads. This may lead to more taxes for road users who hope to get from place to place on more than two wheels.
Transit may shift from scheduled services to on-demand, tailored routes—sort of like Uber but with buses. Startups may play a big role in developing the technologies to make this happen.
Nature-based infrastructure becomes a bigger, more visible part of transportation.

Curious about this vision? Read more here. Let us know in the comments—is this an accurate picture?

IPMI & Member News, Operations, Resources, Transportation & Mobility

Member News: Propark Mobility Begins Hospitality Operations at Three San Diego Hotel Properties

July 1, 2020 Rachel Yoka Leave a comment

July 1, 2020

San Diego, California – Propark Mobility announced today that the company has started operations at three hotels in San Diego, representing the company’s flagship operations in this new market. Propark will bring a fresh style of service delivery, innovative approaches to revenue generation and an old school attention to partnerships and commitments.

“We are honored to welcome these three new hospitality properties, and the City of San Diego, to the Propark Mobility family,” explained John Schmid, Chief Executive Officer of Propark Mobility. “This is an exciting entry into a new market, one that we’ve long wanted to be a part of, and we’re looking forward to growing our presence in San Diego by providing these wonderful hospitality properties with our signature service delivery.”

Beginning today, Propark Mobility will be providing a suite of guest services at renowned hotel properties throughout San Diego. Guests of Hotel Solamar, Embassy Suites San Diego Bay Downtown, and Hilton San Diego Gaslamp Quarter will enjoy exceptional service from
Propark’s courteous professionals, helping to create a uniquely seamless hospitality experience at each property.

“I look forward to showcasing these special hospitality properties by delivering memorable
service that our clients will be proud of,” said Joe Caputo, Propark’s Vice President of
Operations for the Southwest Region. “Our team is poised to surprise and delight guests through thoughtful interactions, by creatively anticipating their needs at arrival and departure.”

About Propark Mobility
Propark Mobility is one of the country’s largest privately-owned parking companies, providing full-service parking and mobility services for over 500 hospitality, healthcare, commercial and off-airport locations, in over 75 cities across the United States. For more information, please visit www.propark.com.

Media Contact:
Dennis Safford
dennis.safford@propark.com
(860) 856-4104