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Five new risk variables have entered the parking underwriting frame since 2015. Lenders using the old framework are systematically mispricing 2026 deals.
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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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A practitioner’s analysis of how electrification, automation, and AI are reshaping U.S. parking structures into mobility ecosystems in 2026.
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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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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.
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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 Economics of How Cities Move
