Deep Dive Reports

Deep Dive Reports
September 27, 2026

The Evolution of Parking Management

How capital, software, transactions, and AI are turning the parking operator from a labor reseller into a technology-enabled asset partner, and what it means for the workforce that remains. → Deep Dive Reports · Behavior and Demand
September 1, 2026

Ghost Plates and the Broken Gas Tax

A license plate is a 124-year-old credential anyone can forge. That single flaw is draining billions from tolls, taxes, and the roads themselves. → Deep Dive Reports · Behavior and Demand
August 31, 2026

Nobody Cares About Your Bus Lane

The parking and transit industry has a marketing problem, not just an infrastructure problem. → Deep Dive Reports · Behavior and Demand
August 31, 2026

The Generational Skip

Habits formed in early adulthood tend to persist for life. That single fact from behavioral economics should reorganize how we decide what to build, and for whom. → Deep Dive Reports · EV Charging
August 13, 2026

The 45,000-Gallon Misunderstanding: What UL’s Landmark EV Fire Study Actually Tells the Parking Industry

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. → Deep Dive Reports
June 24, 2026

The Evolution of U.S. Parking Structures in 2026

A practitioner's analysis of how electrification, automation, and AI are reshaping U.S. parking structures into mobility ecosystems in 2026. → Deep Dive Reports · Compliance
March 24, 2026

Bartholomew v. Parking Concepts: LPR Privacy Compliance and the New Liability Landscape

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. → Deep Dive Reports · Congestion Pricing
March 24, 2026

New York Priced the Road. Now What Does Los Angeles Do?

A one-year audit of America's first congestion pricing program — and the uncomfortable questions it raises for every city still pretending the problem will solve itself. → Deep Dive Reports · Airport Parking
March 8, 2026

The $30 Billion Insult: LAX Is Spending Billions to Fix the Wrong Problem

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 spending billions to manage the predictable chaos. This is the economic case for doing it differently, before the world's cameras roll into Los Angeles for the 2028 Olympics. → Deep Dive Reports
March 7, 2026

Uber Acquires SpotHero: Why the Biggest Ride-Hailing Company in the World Just Bet on Parking

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. →