PARKING TODAY NEWS Telvent recently announced a new working relationship with
PeekTraffic Corp. that will allow traffic management operators to improve traffic flow and safety, as well as maximize resources. In this joint venture, which will focus on securing and implement- ing contracts in NorthAmerica, Peek will design traffic control products that work in conjunction with Telvent’s user-friendly interface to streamline road operations for mid-size and large cities’ traffic operations. Bob Kane, formerly Sales Manager for FederalAPD, has
been named President of Designa North America operations, based in Chicago, as of Jan.
1.Designa basically backed out of the U.S. market about six years ago, but now, with Kane at the helm, the company says it is committed to bringing its European revenue control product to NorthAmerica. Kane notes that the company has been successful in Europe, SouthAmerica, SouthAfrica and Asia, and expects to be very competitive in the U.S. He can be reached at
bob.kane@designa.com. Digital Payment Technologies (DPT) and its authorized
reseller ParkPro have signed a deal to supply the University of Arizona with 45multi-space Luke parking pay
stations.They will replace almost 400 single-head meters, providing a more conven- ient, economical and efficient parking experience. “We are excit- ed to offer our students the convenience of multiple payment options and to allow them to extend their parking transaction at any pay station throughout the campus,” saidMichael Delahanty, the university’s OperationsManager for Parking and Transporta- tion Services. AMAGTechnology, a securitymanagement systemprovider
offering access control, IP video and intrusion detection, has announced its top sales performers for 2010:Mid-AtlanticRegion- al Sales Manager Walter Coady won the 2010 Regional Sales Manager Salesperson of theYear award; and Director of Federal Systems Terry Crawford earned the Government Salesperson of theYear award. The company also announced the promotion of DavidWeinbach to ProductManager –Access Control, IDS and Video. Weinbach, who reports to Ray Payne, VP of Technical Services, willmanage the Symmetry products lifecycle. Allpro Parking
recently partnered with
CityParkingUSA.comto implement reservations for guaranteed downtown parking.Available at more than 20 locations in Buffa- lo, Jamestown, Rochester and Syracuse, NY, and Cincinnati, reservations can be made at
www.AllproParking.com or
www.CityParkingUSA.com. The partnership also provides a website that allows visitors to reserve a parking space for special events and daily parking. It also lists all ofAllpro Parking’s facili- ties within a 10-minute walk of the customer’s destination. OmniPark is offering a free first month’s subscription to its
parking management software. To prove that the company is “the best in business,” it is offering the firstmonth free to “any parking operator or city that signs up,” saidAccount ExecutiveMichael Harlow. “We are confident that anyone who uses it for a month will want it for life.” The Florida ParkingAssociation (FPA) announced the win-
ners of its fourth annual ProjectAwards Competition at their annu- al conference in December. The categories, winners and project names are as follows: Award of Excellence – New Parking Structure: Timothy
Haahs andAssociates, Courthouse Center Garage,Miami; Reha- bilitation/Restoration of Existing Parking Garage: Walter P Moore,Waterford at Blue Lagoon garages,Miami; and Parking Operations/Programs: Tampa PortAuthority, Channelside Park- ing Garage,Tampa.
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Award ofMerit – New Parking Structure: PGALArchitects-
Engineers, Florida InternationalUniversity ParkingGarage 5,Mar- ket Station,Miami; Rehabilitation/Restoration of Existing Parking Garage:Walker Parking Consultants, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Fountain Square No. 1,Tampa; and Parking Operations/Programs: Walter PMoore,City ofOrlando, 15-Year ParkingMaster Plan. HonorableMention – New Parking Structure:Walker Park-
ing Consultants,Miami Intermodal Center,Miami. Rich andAssociates has been selected byNewMexico State
University, Las Cruces to develop a comprehensive transportation services and parking master plan. It will support the university’s master plan, andwill be used tomanage the school’s transportation and parking needs for the next 10 years. Said Project Manager Dave Burr: “This plan will play an important role in ensuring that the university’s transportation and parking needs are met for a decade ormore.” High Concrete Group is producing architectural cladding
enclosures for the new Dulles CorridorMetrorail Project of the MetropolitanWashington Airports Authority, which will be operated by theWashingtonMetropolitanAreaTransitAuthor- ity. Planned for completion in 2013, the 325,000-square-foot tran- sit project includes thermally efficient precast enclosures for five new metro station buildings, six entrance pavilions and two venti- lation structures. Construction is expected to start this spring. Daryl S.Wenger, Sales andMarketingManager of Nitter-
house Concrete Products, recently announced that due to health problems, Hendrik “Henk” Bennink, a company Sales Consult- ant covering theNewJersey andNewYorkCity areas,will be turn- ing over the reins to Justin
J.Lyons, a five-yearNitterhouse veter- an. Highly respected by co-workers, industry colleagues and clients, Bennink formed close relationships with many in the con- struction industry over the past 29 years and will remain involved to teamwith Lyons on a limited basis. Allpro Parking, the region’s leading parking management
company, has introducedAllpro Parking for Healthcare (APH) to its company structure. TheAPH division will tailor its operational approach specifically to the parking needs of the health care indus- try. “We realized that we had developed a specialization in provid- ing health care parking and transportation services,which led us to develop theAPH brand,” said Rick Serra, President and CEO. The Green Park “Eco Garage,” Chicago’s first fully-automat-
ed parking facility, successfully broke ground in December at its first planned location in the city. Scheduled to open this fall, the MilwaukeeAvenue project of Chicago-based VLF Development will offer parking for more than 100 vehicles using a patented, robotic
system.The garage is recognized as the nation’s firstLEED Gold registered, fully-automated parking facility. For more infor- mation on the technology, go to
www.greenparkgarage.com. Jorge Chavez InternationalAirport (JCIA) in Lima, Peru’s
largest, has selected TagMaster as its RFID solution provider. TagMaster NorthAmerica succeeded in ensuring selection of the company’s long-range RFIDreaders,which are instrumental in providing the enhanced security required by
JCIA.The hands-free AVI systemforms part of an integrated access and revenue control installation at the airport, supplied by partnering company Intel- lisoft Parking. Cubic Transportation Systems has been selected by
TransLink, the GreaterVancouver, BC, Canada, transit authority, as the preferred bidder to design and build the smart card and “faregate” project for its transportation system by 2013. The pro- ject’s scope also includes a 10-year operations and maintenance services contract from that date. Cubic has selected the British
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