Parker-X (A Parking Industry Podcast)

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#38 COVID FILES - WAVE 3 Apr 29, 2020

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Continuing to live in their lockdown bunkers, the co-hosts reflect on the changes happening around them and the new world of parking that will form after the world returns to their vehicles and we ride again!

#37 COVID FILES - WAVE 2 Apr 28, 2020

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#36 COVID FILES - WAVE 1 Apr 27, 2020

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#35 Deep Tech Part 2 – Car Park Technology Business Failure - Protections Mar 30, 2020

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This episode was recorded prior to COVID-19, but holds important tips on securing your rights to system support and data. Planned and unplanned technology obsolescence, is an often hidden cost that can significantly impact your Operation’s ROI. Now is a great time to firm up Contracts with existing Suppliers to ensure you have adequate protections. This is key during times where support levels and businesses may fail. How the world has changed!

Top Tips:

Contract with your solution Supplier to hold firm to stated whole of life costs, including payment platforms (systems and fees), off the shelf hardware and software versions:
Require a Service contract which includes replacement and upgrade cycles, as well as recommended maintenance fees and support availability.
Ensure the ability to access the manufacturer direct or alternatives if the contracted supplier no longer supports certain components.
Ensure you receive advanced notice of business viability changes to your supplier and any key subsystem.
Ensure that where a Supplier changes ownership, you obtain suitable substitutes or upgrades.
Secure your rights to access your own data and have are copies stored remotely - including data within cloud systems.
Secure all BI configuration documentation is held by you - allowing easier migration where there has been a business failure.
Explore the applicability of having system code and technical documentation is escrowed.
Keep an eye out for competent talent within your organisation and with the supplier's organisation who may be able to assist.

There are many more to work through, make it a short-term focus and if you'd like strategic assistance to implement these - certainly reach out to the Parker-X co-hosts.

#34 The effects of COVID-19 on parking and how you can adapt Mar 12, 2020

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In this episode Brett Galvin, Brett Wood and I explore the effects of the Coranavirus on parking.

#33 Deep Tech Part 1 Featuring Brett Galvin from CK Consulting in Australia Feb 25, 2020

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This is a multi-part series Brett and I are calling 'Deep Tech'. We get into a bunch of different parking technologies and the life cycles from early adoption all the way to being fully deployed at scale. We dive into LPR as an example and discuss the deployment of autonomous vehicles and what that looks like. Hope you enjoy!

#32 Peter Lange from Texas A&M and Mike Drow from T2 Feb 13, 2020

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How they took divergent paths to wind up in the parking world
Their role in the IPMI Technology Committee the past decade and the interesting research that’s come from that
The pursuit of data standardization with the Technology Committee and the Alliance for Parking Data Standards
How they see data and advanced analytics shaping policy, practice, and operations today and into the future
The role of the parking professional in the ever-expanding mobility and transportation ecosystem

#31 Ashley Hicks Project and Technology Manager, Parking Operations @ JBG Smith Jan 23, 2020

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In this episode we sit down with Ashley Hicks; Project and Technology Manager of Parking Operations @ JBG Smith. We do a deep dive into her career leading up to her role at one of the largest real estate owners, operators and developers in the DC area. Hope you enjoy.

#30 Remote Parking Operations with Brent Van Loggerenberg founder of Nguni Parking Jan 08, 2020

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In this episode I sit down with Brent Van Loggerenberg with Nguni Parking and discuss remote parking operations management, his journey though the industry and what he is getting into today.

#29 Evian Patterson; Associate Dir. of Ground Transportation at DDOT Washington D.C. Nov 20, 2019

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In this episode we talk to Evian Patterson; Associate Director of Ground Transportation, DDOT. We go through his Background in consulting and how like many he fell into this role. We then discuss how he started in data analytics and now uses that for program management and setting policy/price as well as;

Community planning and helping neighborhoods evolve through parking and mobility enhancements
Curb management and how that’s changing.
- We go through an example in DuPont Circle with nighttime passenger prioritization for TNCs
Tackling micro mobility and all the joy that brings
Performance Pricing and Asset Light as a means of implementing dynamic pricing
Enforcement and communication of a rapidly changing industry

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