PEOPLE IN PARKING Metric Parking has been awarded
the first phase in upgrading the on- street paid-parking programin Lancast- er, PA. The installation of 20 solarAura pay-by-space units, with the Metric Aslan back office, provides the Lan- caster ParkingAuthority an effective way to manage on-street parking and replace aging single-space meters. The units are equipped to take coins, bills or credit cards as payment, and utilize
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Metric’s Space Alert system for enforcement. Park One of Florida has named
AlainMartinez as Corporate Director of Human Resources. He previously was director of human resources for The Sagamore resort and for Estefan Enterprises in Miami Beach, FL. Mar- tinez will oversee the human resources, recruitment, labor relations and training functions for Park One.
The Colorado Convention Cen-
ter in downtown Denver has expanded and upgraded its range of Digital Pay- mentTechnologies (DPT) pay stations by acquiring 19 Shelby multi-space units to replace its current 12 DPT- supplied Intella-Pay stations installed in 2003. The company also announced that it has started shipping the first Luke pay stations with the Radius power-management system. The sys- tem reduces power consumption of these electronic meters by up to 75 percent, so the meters can efficiently operate with solar technology in low light conditions. Chicago-based Bird-X Inc. has
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received an A+ rating from the Bet- ter Business Bureau. “While we are excited to receive such a high rank- ing,” said company President Dennis Tilles, “we prefer to focus on earn- ing our customers’ satisfaction and
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But then, this is a regressive poli-
cy. Only people with big bucks can afford the extra cost of a hybrid vehi- cle. So then upper-class folks get a pass on their parking charges, and the poor driving hand-me-down Chevy’s get screwed. I say that if you are going to charge
different prices for different vehicles, charge by square footage. A 1970 Cadillac or a 2008 Navigator should pay more than a Mini or a Sunbeam Alpine. Then the enforcement officer would have to carry a tapemeasure, and meters would have to have “small, medium, large and gigantic” buttons so the drivers could select the “proper” vehicle size. Or we could just charge everyone
the same and get on with it. I’m off to Europe to attend Parken
2009, the parking trade show inWies- baden, Germany. Check this space in twomonths for a report. Parking Today for next month is
up toMarcy, as the August issue is our People In Parking Direc- tory. See you in September.
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