We were looking for a complete citation management solution that could streamline the entire process – from issuance to collections. We knew we wanted a real-time wireless system and integrated photographic evidence to reduce dismissals and appeals. vCitePlus, by Velosum, was very different than any other citation management system we reviewed. The digital pen allows our officers the ease and convenience of handwriting citations, and because it is electronic, we still get the benefits of a fully digital system. The administrative portal is easy to use, generates valuable reports, and has simplified our collection process. Using vCitePlus, our appeal rate is down, the citation count is up nearly 30% and collections are up over 15%. Velosum has


been very responsive to our needs and we appreciate all of the updates we receive as part of their service.


– Jody Meyer, Provo City Justice Court Administrator


Velosum, Inc. 9690 S. 300 W. Suite 313, Sandy, Utah 84070 Tel: 801-649-5461; Fax: 801-208-9266 sales@velosum.com; www.vciteplus.com


Wide-Lite VizorLED is an unusually intelligent, well-designed parking garage lighting fixture. It eliminates the glare factor from low-ceiling conditions, important to driver visual comfort. It creates a nondirect-view LED illumination from an architectural rectangular cell. Its shape blends well on concrete ceilings and when spaced in a grid,


consistent, evenly distributed pleasant lighting levels can be achieved.


The uplight component creates another level of visual comfort by highlighting the ceiling, creating the sense of a higher space. An elegant heat-sink design almost disappears when looking along the linear direction, so that the fixture appears thinner in perception.


Benefits of the VizorLED design include: very low LED energy consumption, high lumen output, very long life and minimal maintenance. VizorLED is a great selection for parking garages and other low-ceiling applications.


– Eleni Savvidou, IESNA Professional Lighting Specifier, New York City


WIDE-LITE, a Philips group brand 1611 Clovis R. Barker Road, San Marcos, Texas 78666 Tel: 512-392-5821; Fax: 512-753-1122 info@sidelite.com; www.wide-lite.com


What makes Parkvision unique? According to Mark Pratt, Denison’s President, “we can run multiple machines all out of one place with one person per shift,” Pratt said.


What are the upsides of using Parkvision? “The benefits to us and our customers are tremendous, but the biggest plus is to the parker. They feel comfortable with the technology, and accept it more quickly,” stated Pratt.


“The ability to see the people our employees are helping gives the CSR a feeling of ownership. Also, since they know the


customer can see them, they are always on their toes. The two-way video helps everyone. “The video system has totally changed the way we operate,” Pratt said. “We can now be proactive.”


– Mark Pratt, Denison Parking


WPS North America 5630 Tomken Road, Unit 4, Mississauga, ON Canada L4W 1P4 Tel: 800-520-0120 / 905-625-9836 info@wps-na.com; www.wps-na.com


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improve driver convenience by including the cost of parking in the overall cost of development. But parking is not free; the cost ismerely hidden. Today, 90%of private vehicle trips in NorthAmerica end in


a “free” parking space. But that valuable urban land the space uses isn’t free. Developers who build banquet halls in Richmond, British


Columbia, for example, are required to provide up to four square metres of parking for every metre of rentable banquet space. So everyone paysmore for banquet space. The cost of parking can be substantial.TheToronto Parking


Authority estimated the cost of providing a single parking space could be up to $40,000. U.S. researchers estimated parking sub- sidies are several times the price of gas used by cars. The most insidious characteristic is the way the rules mold


the urban landscape into a gigantic parking lot. By taking up land, parking spots reduce density and make car travel more appealing, which leads to – surprise, surprise – greater demand for parking. Parking rules actually add to congestion. The effect of minimum-parking regulations varies depend-


ing upon income. A low-income earner is likely to spend a larger portion of their money on basic goods and services that build in the cost of parking. Supermarkets, for example, recoup the cost of parking in their grocery prices. Low-income earners are more likely to carpool, use public transit, walk or cycle, so they are less likely to benefit from the parking they are forced to subsidize. The cost of higher density housing is inflated by parking


regulations, too. Because the cost of parking is built into the cost of other


goods, people are less likely to make use of alternatives to the drive-and-park lifestyle. Car pooling, public transit, telecom- muting, car sharing and online shopping reduce the demand for parking, but consumers have no incentive to choose these options because the cost of parking is built in.One scholar called minimum-parking regulations a “disastrous substitute for mil- lions of individual decisions ... about howmuch a parking space is worth.” The removal of minimum-parking regulations does not


need to be sudden or disruptive. If parking rules changed today, Canada’s urban areas would adapt slowly over years, with new developments having only small impacts on the overall demand for parking. Cities would have to manage demand through the use of time-limits and ultimately prices. If Canada’s planners are committed to economic growth,


sustainability and livable communities, they should first focus onmaking sure existing regulations do not surreptitiously under- mine these urban objectives. It is time we realized parking is not free and instead imple-


mented simple regulatory reforms that allow developers, busi- nesses and consumers to manage their demand for parking in a more effectivemanner. As I read through the original Frontier Centre report, one


comment stood out. It mentioned that by having fewer parking spaces, even in smaller cities and towns, people would begin to change their habits and, for instance, make fewer trips to the store and stock up when they did go.This is sort of like leaving a Continued on Page 39


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