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PPP – Will it Work at the University Level?


Sarah Blouch of Ohio State University will lead a panel discussing public-private part- nerships during the PT-sponsored Parking Industry Exhibition (PIE) March 18-21 in Chicago. Editor.


How hard can running a parking organization be? Motorists park,


they pay, they leave. It’s that simple, right? And on a university campus, where there is a captive audience, it looks even easier. With this concept in mind, public-


private partnerships (PPP’s) have become a popular topic with many university leaders as they look ahead to inevitable declining state and federal funding. They are looking at anything that’s


not core to their teaching and research missions, and evaluating whether the function should continue or if it has a val-


ue that can be sold or leased either to save costs or generate money. Leasing campus parking through a


long-term concession agreement appears to provide the best of both worlds. A sig- nificant amount of upfront cash that can be used to address university goals is gen- erated immediately, and the services all remain exactly the same. Or do they? In evaluating this type of agreement,


it’s important to keep in mind the rather special needs and desires of parking clientele at universities, which are a bit different from those of traditional public parking facilities. There is a very high expectation among the various customer groups that the institution meet their parking needs. Because the users of university park- ing facilities are also university clientele,


they generally understand the trade-offs that need to be made from time to time in order to balance the needs of parking with other institutional requirements. Navigat- ing the politics, providing high levels of service to customers, and accommodating all the special / unique needs of those cus- tomers (and the institution) is no small


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