the company’s Executive Vice Presi- dent and President of itsTransportation Solutions Group. Lynn Blodgett,ACS President and CEO, said Amoriell’s “considerable experience and vision will allow him and our Transportation Solutions Group to address the com- plex transportation challenges facing governments around the world. We could not have a better leader to pro- vide strategic and workable solutions


Bill Laurie to


for our transportation clients.” Standard Parking Corp., one of


the nation’s leading providers of park- ing management, ground transportation and other ancillary services, has been awarded a multi-year contract from Columbia University to manage its campus parking operations inNewYork City. The operation comprises more than 750 parking spaces in four garages in the Bronx’s Riverdale neighborhood


and on Manhattan’s UpperWest Side. Standard Parking plans to implement state-of-the-art access control systems by mid-year and to introduce various parking amenity programs for faculty and students. It also will explore opportunities to expand the university’s valet parking capability through instal- lation of vehicle stackers at two of the four garages.


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LeaveMetric Bill Laurie, one of the parking


industry’s best-known figures, left his position at Metric Parking at the end ofApril. Laurie, 58, who is in his eighth


year as Metric’s Sales and Marketing Director, retained his directorship for the remainder of the year and will con- tinue to overseeMetric’s Sales Depart- ment in a part-time capacity. One of Laurie’s main responsibili-


ties will be to provide support for Richard Boultbee, who was recently appointedMetric’s UK Sales andMar- ketingManager. Of his reasons for leaving his full-


time post, Laurie said, “I have simply found the commute of 240 miles a day from Shropshire to Wiltshire too exhausting and particularly difficult during the winter months. Due to changing traffic patterns and conges- tion on the roads the journey ... has becomemuchmore difficult,” he said. “When I first started, the job was


made easier by inheriting a very strong and experienced sales team with a tremendous team spirit.We are fortu- nate to still have that strength in depth,” Laurie said, “and I am there- fore delighted to continue working with the sales team, albeit on a consul- tancy basis.” Metric’s Managing Director


Jochen Oehmen said, “I am delighted Bill is continuing to work withMetric, albeit in a part-time role, and we shall continue to benefit from his sound advice and depth of experience.” Traffex/Parkex, April 21-23 in


Birmingham, UK, was the ideal venue for Laurie to say his farewells to friends and colleagues within the park- ing industry.


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