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PARKING TODAY volume 14 number 9 SEPTEMBER 2009 FEATURES


21 T. Boone Pickens to Keynote NPA 2009 ‘Parking Show of Shows’


25 Opinion: Parking Operator Goes Down – May Do Hard Time…


26 Support, Staffing, Relationships Focus for This Parking Manager


28 Let’s Go to Class: Parking Enforcement 101


30 A Different Look at Parking on College Campuses


32 Critical Mass Isn’t NuclearWith This University Program


36 Opinion: Hacking Into Parking Meters 38 Amateur Parker: Big Money for a Little Parking


42 Texas A&M Officials Conquer Campus PoliticsWith Parking Surveys


44 Summertime Means Europe Closes Down


48 IfYou Don’t Strike Oil,You Haven’t Cleaned Your Garage


50 Campus Stadium Presents Construction Challenges


Cover Photo: Rodney Weis, Executive Director of Transportation services at TexasA&MUniversity. Picture courtesy of Specialties Photography of College Station, TX See page 42.


Hacking Meters . . . .Page 36


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