resource for education and learning at every level of job proficiency, from meter-readers to upper-level managers. These programs mesh beautifully with the IPI’s Parking Matters campaign: As more professionals advance their own industry educations and spread the word about our industry’s crucial role in transportation, we all advance the industry and change opinions for the better.
The word is getting out – parking
really does matter, and the IPI’s increased focus on education and pro- fessional development works hand-in- hand with its public relations effort to showcase the industry’s role in trans- portation, urban planning and the global economy. I’m proud to chair the IPI during
such an important phase of our growth, and even prouder to count myself among parking professionals around the world. Parking matters!
IPI Board Chairman Casey Jones, CAPP, is Director of Transportation and Parking at Boise (Idaho) State University. He can be reached at
caseyjones3@boisestate.edu.
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Point of View from Page 6
So this “free” service to EV own-
ers suddenly is costing, what, $50,000 per year to the garage owner for the “e-valet,” plus increased costs in insur- ance and the like. Do I see another example of that
law of unintended consequences kick- ing in in a few years? I know, I know – can’t I give elec-
tric vehicles a break? But it’s such a tar- get-rich environment.
*** I recently read about the donation
of a couple of EV chargers to be placed in parking lots at Louisiana State Uni- versity in Baton Rouge. Fair enough. The only problem is that they
aren’t selling electric vehicles in Louisiana. And when they do, will those
expensive cars be the vehicle of choice for poor students? Or will they continue to drive clunkers, like we all did in school? I know they want to be “ahead of
the curve,” but this all goes to “looking green, appearing green and feeling
good about green.” In this case, it also allowed the local utility, which donat- ed the chargers, to get some good ink in the local press. Why can’t they do something that
actually helps—like raising prices on parking and thus enticing students to carpool and not drive? As has been pointed out before in ParkingToday, removing three cars off the road with a four-person car- pool, even if the remaining car is an SUV, does much more than enticing the four people to drive EVs. Think about it — the 20-mpg car
is now getting the equivalent of 80 mpg; traffic and congestion are reduced 75%; only one space is taken in the parking lot, rather than four; and three vehicles don’t have to be manufactured. The university and the local utili-
ty are doing something that will make little or no difference in traffic, conges- tion, parking and emis- sions, certainly for many years. Yeah, but they will feel good about it. Sigh…
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