NOTES FROM BIG BEN …


‘ShowTime’ in London, Chicago and Amsterdam


L BY PETER GUEST


AST MONTH, I COM- mented that March would be “show time,” with the PIE, Parkex, the British ParkingAssocia-


tion (BPA) awards and Intertraffic Amsterdam 2010. So here’s a brief rundown of what’s been happening.


First, Parkex, in central London – it has


alternated between Birmingham, London and Manchester, but the Manchester show is going away since it really doesn’t work. Parkex 2010 was big – JVH said it’s the


biggest in the world, bigger than the NPA’s, the IPI’s and the PIE combined – and went well. The BPA, which owns the show, organ-


ized some seminars and launched its “hospi- tal charter.” I commented recently on the fatuous


government consultation on whether to charge for parking at National Health Serv- ice public hospitals. The BPA hospital char- ter tries to set out a sensible and fair approach to that.Although this is an honest endeavor, it does all seem a bit wordy and generic. I’mnot sure it reallymoves the argu- ment forward toomuch. Moving on to the Parking Industry


Exhibition inChicago, sponsored by Parking Today:As I said last time, JVHwantedme to do something but was pretty reticent about just what.We finally sat down and roughed out something about half an hour before we went on, and I think that it went OK.


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