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GLOBAL PROFESSIONALS
Forging links with international bodies has inspired BPA chief executive Patrick Troy to drive the UK parking industry to put professionalism – and consumers – at the heart of its thinking
PA President, Paul Necus, and I visited the International Parking Institute’s (IPI) Expo and Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, last month and, while there, we also attended a global summit there on professionalising parking. We started this debate on professionalising parking at a global level in Turin at the European Parking Association’s conference last year – the aim being to share our ideas about how, in each country represented, we are fostering professionalism through learning and development initiatives, career development and organisational excellence. At the summit,
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One thing I did learn from the
Americans was their utter commitment to placing the consumer at the heart of their thinking
apart from the BPA and the IPI, we had representatives from associations in Spain, Norway, Canada, Australia and Brazil. All were committed to driving professionalism forward. The Americans have already developed an excellent blueprint for recognising individuals as professionals through their Certifi cation of Administrators of Public Parking, a series of courses and examinations combined with an advanced approach to Continuous Professional Development (CPD). This leads to a formal qualifi cation and post nominals for the individual (ie. letters after their name).
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In the UK, we are somewhere along this spectrum, having developed qualifi cations and career paths for our parking professionals. But the current member consultation (which ends around the time you are reading this) will develop this campaign further as we plot the profession’s future by establishing an individual membership within the BPA that is committed to CPD, and develop new frameworks of excellence that place organisations at the heart of this development.
One thing I did learn from the Americans was their utter commitment to placing the consumer at the heart of their thinking. Somehow, that
comes much more naturally to US parking professionals and we have much to do to make our strategic aim a reality throughout the profession in the UK.
In summary, there is much that unites parking professionals around the world and, by working closer together, we can learn from each other and share best practice and ideas in a constructive and effective way across the world.
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BRING ON THE OLYMPICS
Overcoming Road Restrictions to continue Bailiff Enforcement.
The Olympic Traffic routes, which include temporary banned turns and heavily congested pedestrian crossings, will not cause problems for Collect Services carrying out Bailiff Visits throughout the duration of the games.
Collect Services, already pioneers in the use of ‘Collections’ digital map Bailiff routing software supplied by MapMechanics, currently undertake an average of 48 Visits per Bailiff everyday throughout London and within the M25.
With the impact of the Olympics on traffic route restrictions in and around London during July to September, MapMechanics have released the new ‘Street Routing and Postcodes – Special 2012 edition’ data that helps to circumvent these potential issues. The data takes account of; the Core Olympic Road Network (ORN), ‘Games Lanes’ (restricted or no access roads), an Alternative ORN, 160 new temporary banned turns, Traffic Hotspots with high pedestrian footfall and unit post code points along and trapped within the ORN.
By using ‘Collections’ Collect Services can plan alternative routes and schedules within those areas that could be affected during the games and anticipate minimum disruption to the continued provision of its services to its Clients and Customers.
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