Parkonomics
The Economics of How Cities Move
Author: Andrew Sachs
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FSRI’s 18-vehicle burn program is the most authoritative EV fire research ever conducted. It debunks the panic, indicts the fire blanket, and hands parking operators a seven-move playbook. Parkonomics read all 150 pages — this is the translation.
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J.D. Power’s 2026 EV Consideration Study shows overall EV interest rising, but consideration falling among apartment and condo residents. The parking industry is now the gating factor for U.S. EV adoption.
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The California data says San Francisco’s arc is a template for every city next in the rollout queue — and the next curve will be steeper.
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Municipal parking RFPs built on decade-old assumptions produce decade-old results. Frank Ching on why procurement must catch up with parking practice.
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A California appellate court ruled that parking operators using LPR technology without a published ALPR privacy policy face $2,500-per-individual liability. Parkonomics analyzes the decision and what operators must do now.
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The term gets used loosely. The concept, applied correctly, represents a fundamental rethinking of what a parking asset is for.
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Los Angeles is in the midst of the largest public works project in its history — and its flagship solution for LAX gridlock is destined to fail. The problem isn’t a lack of roads. It’s a lack of pricing. LAWA is giving away its most valuable asset — terminal curb space — for free, then…
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The deal isn’t about parking convenience. It’s about who controls the physical infrastructure layer of autonomous mobility — and what that means for every parking operator, developer, and investor in North America.
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The vast majority of parking inventory is existing facilities — not new construction. In the final installment of the Rethinking Future Proofing series, the Parkonomics team tackles how to phase retrofits strategically, unlock revenue through shared parking, build adaptive operations, and position the parking facility as an integrated node in the smart city.
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Construction is where design intent either gets built correctly or gets value-engineered away. The technology decisions made during this phase — and verified at commissioning — define what the facility can do for the next 20 years.
