NPA Study Shows Size, Scope of Parking Industry in U.S.
The National Parking Association (NPA) has released a new
research report: “Parking in Perspective: The Size and Scope of Parking in America.” The study finds that parking provides jobs to more than 143,000 people and represents economic activity in excess of $18 billion in the U.S. alone. Parking employment, the NPAsays, is part of every facet of
private and public organizations, fromcommercial parking opera- tors to retail/civic centers, hospitals, and colleges and universi- ties, aswell as state, county and city governments. The study analyzes parking industry data and public
research data to form a solid description of the parking industry and its market size. The report answers a number of pertinent questions about market size, geographic distribution of parking facilities, number of facilities, and U.S. employment andwages. “The National Parking Association undertook a major
research initiative to determine the general size, scope, segmenta- tion, employment and distribution of the parking industry,” said NPAPresident Christine Banning, CAE. “TheNPAresearch report shows [that] parking will continue to play a key role as part of urban planning and job creation, and to serve as a vital link in the U.S. transportation system.” Among the key findings: The U.S. parking industry is an $18 billion sector. There are approximately 143,000 “parking professionals.”
The payroll for industry employees in the U.S. totals
$2 billion. There aremore than 40,000 parking facilities in the U.S. California and New York account for one-third of all park-
ing facilities. The top five states by parking facility (CA, NY, TX, FL, IL)
generatemore than 51%of industry revenue. The NPAstudy reports on both private enterprise and public
parking. “Parking in Perspective” is available to NPAmembers at no charge. Non-members can purchase the report for $99. For more information, go to
www.npapark.org.
Letter to the Editor
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Editor, Parking Today: Parking Vs. Pop Culture makes valid and accurate
points. However, the reasons parking garages get such a rap, undeserved, is the abyssmal design and maintenance of so many. Particularly, older garages were built without regard for actual and perceived security, and entirely too many are still built that way. In Mary Smith’s paper, referenced in the article, shemakes very valid points about the need for prop- er design and construction of garages; unfortunately most of these recommendations are not incorporated into a majority of garages. As a security professional often engaged in reviewing and assisting the design of garages, I find entirely toomany poorly designed by firms and people without a minimal understanding of how to make garages safe and appealing. The fact that crime is actually down these last ten years
is essentially immaterial, as the consumer’s fear of crime has gone up exactly opposite the decline in crime. Perception for parking garages must equal reality when it comes to proper design. This in turn will lead to the desired turnaround of garages as villains.
Jonathan Lusher, ICCPA Board Member, Int’l Assoc. of Professional Security Consultants; Past Chair, Int’l CPTEDAssoc.
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