PAR KING TODAY NEWS Melinda Alonzo was recently named Director of Parking


and Transit Services (PTS) at Arizona State University. Interim Director since July 2011, she was assistant PTS director from 2003 to mid-2011. She joined the department in 1999 as events program coordinator. As Director, Alonzo oversees the program serving the ASU community across four campuses and comprising more than 24,000 parking spaces. Amano McGann has been selected to install new lane equip-


ment and upgrade its current software for 15 parking facilities in Lincoln, NE. Company readers, AVI technology, barrier gates and the iParcProfessional Suite are expected to be installed by this winter. The new software will provide a command center approach by centrally connecting the facilities – five owned and operated by the state, and 10 by the city, a long-term Amano McGann customer – thus reducing costs and enhancing cus- tomer satisfaction. The city facilities have migrated systems over the years from McGann Signature Software to the most recent iParcProfessional Suite. Central Parking System has enhanced its new proprietary


parking app to allow customers in its New York market to down- load company coupons directly to their iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch device. The free app, available at the Apple App Store or at the company’s website (www.centralparking.com), includes information on parking for New York, as well as more than 50 U.S. cities. This enhancement will let customers directly down- load the mobile coupons and then redeem them at participating Central locations in the New York area simply by showing the parking attendant their device. Jean L. Randolph has joined CTLGroup as a Senior Petrog-


rapher. She has more than 27 years of experience as a concrete petrographer. Her experience in concrete evaluation ranges from building components such as flooring, roofs and walls to infra- structure systems such as bridges, wastewater treatment plants and dams. Randolph has been involved in materials analysis projects for airports, hospitals, universities, condominiums, park- ing structures and industrial plants. She also has extensive expe- rience in expert witness testimony. Green Courte Partners, a private equity investment firm tar-


geting niche real estate sectors such as parking garages and lots, has acquired the Avenue of the Arts Parking Garage in the heart of the Arts District in downtown Philadelphia. The 10-level, 668- space, self-park garage also has 17,272 square feet of ground-lev- el retail, which is currently 100% occupied by a Starbucks, a Buca di Beppo restaurant and the Fox and Hound, a sports/entertain- ment restaurant. TagMaster RFID products have been used for more than a


year in conjunction with FuelZone Transit, an automated fuel management system from Coencorp, at all six Coast Mountain Bus Co. (CMBC) service locations in Canada. Based in Burna- by, British Columbia, CMBC says it connects the region by pro- viding “a customer-centric transportation network that values safety and excellence and strives to be a leader in environmen- tal performance.” Standard Parking Corp. has announced four new municipal


contract awards: the cities of Lawrence, MA, Milwaukee and Mia- mi Beach and the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority of Atlantic City, NJ. The Lawrence award, to the company’s SP Plus Municipal Services operating division, entails on-street enforcement, monetary collection and meter repair services for more than 1,000 city parking spaces. It also will install and main- tain 115 new multi-space meters. Standard Parking also


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announced contract awards from two medical center clients: The Mount Sinai Hospital and Medical Center in New York selected the company’s SP Plus Transportation unit to provide shuttle bus services under a multi-year contract. The Athens (GA) Regional Medical Center selected SP Plus Healthcare Services to provide parking services for two garages and one surface lot. Marty Bruemmel, President of Cape Cod, MA-based Pres-


tige Valet Parking.com, the second-oldest valet parking atten- dant service in New England, and Karen West, President of Valet Connection, Rhode Island’s first parking events company, have announced a partnership agreement to work together on certain valet parking events on Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nan- tucket and in Plymouth County. The final pieces of precast/prestressed concrete have been


set in place as completion of the new state-of-the-art Finfrock manufacturing building nears completion in Apopka, FL. Con- struction of the 34,000-square-foot building, which has a clear height of more than 40 feet, is necessary to incorporate the use of computer-aided manufacturing technologies in the corporation’s precast/prestressed concrete manufacturing facility. Finfrock has been using StructureWorks 3D modeling software, for the past several years, in designing the parking structures, mixed-use buildings and multi-unit residential buildings it constructs. POS Supply Solutions is expanding its comprehensive line


of point-of-sale supplies to include parking citation tickets and moving violation ticket paper rolls. The paper is available in roll and fan-folded formats to meet a variety of application needs. Paper grades include standard, heavy-duty, long-life, weather- resistant and waterproof. The use of handheld computers capable of printing e-citation tickets on the spot has virtually eliminated traditional citation books. Printed citations are easier to read than hand-written documents, faster to issue and more likely to be paid, the company also says. Hartford-based LAZ Parking notes that its LAZFly’s Pre-


mier Valet lot, at 24 Ella Grasso Turnpike at Bradley Internation- al Airport in Windsor Locks, CT, is undergoing significant reno- vations designed to transform the park-and-fly into the region’s best-in-class airport parking experience and provide Premier Valet customers with exceptional quality service. In addition, LAZFly’s Premier Self-Service parking lot, at 35 Ella Grasso Turnpike, has been updated with a state-of-the-art, fully auto- mated ticket dispenser, providing its customers with a user- friendly self-operational parking system, including its shuttle to and from the airport. The Green Parking Council (GPC) has recognized 25 U.S.


parking facilities whose operators committed to environmentally responsible technologies and practices in 2011. These “Demon- strator Sites,” the GPC says, are “the leading edge of an industry- wide campaign establishing open-source sustainability standards and challenging the parking industry to meet these standards.” GPC Executive Director Paul Wessel explained that the sites “begin the transformation of traditional parking facilities into cer- tified ‘green’ garages through the adoption of energy efficient lighting systems, electric vehicle charging stations, alternative fuel vehicle fleets, recycling programs, car-sharing programs and other progressive practices.” For more information on the sites, go to http://greenparkingcouncil.org. Nedap AVI was praised at the Gulf Traffic 2011 exhibition


and conference in mid-December in Dubai, UAE, for offering pro- gressive parking solutions for the region. Its Sensit system took


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