Posts
- Follow the Miles: What Waymo's City Data Tells Parking (October 21, 2026)
- The $273 Question (October 21, 2026)
- The Lane Always Fills (October 12, 2026)
- Santa Monica's Height Fight Is a Parking Fight (October 6, 2026)
- The Evolution of Parking Management (September 27, 2026)
- The Federal EV Fee Is a Four-Cent Meter (September 24, 2026)
- EV Charging Did Not Break the Grid. Batteries Fixed It. (September 13, 2026)
- Ghost Plates and the Broken Gas Tax (September 1, 2026)
- Nobody Cares About Your Bus Lane (August 31, 2026)
- The Generational Skip (August 31, 2026)
- The Underwriting Frame (August 24, 2026)
- The 45,000-Gallon Misunderstanding: What UL's Landmark EV Fire Study Actually Tells the Parking Industry (August 13, 2026)
- The Evolution of U.S. Parking Structures in 2026 (June 24, 2026)
- The Multifamily Gap (May 15, 2026)
- 500% in 19 Months: The Robotaxi Adoption Curve Just Bent Upward (April 24, 2026)
- The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics: Infrastructure, Transit, and the $26 Billion Bet (April 9, 2026)
- Ensuring Permanent Transit Success: The Parkonomics LA 2028 Olympic Implementation Blueprint (April 9, 2026)
- LA's $26 Billion Bet: The Parkonomics Verdict (April 9, 2026)
- The Barcelona Exception: What the Gold Standard Actually Requires (And Whether LA Can Deliver) (April 9, 2026)
- Procurement Is Still Buying the Past While Parking Has Moved to 2026 (April 8, 2026)
- The Losers' Bracket: What Athens, Rio, Montreal, and Sochi Teach Us About Olympic Transportation Failure (April 3, 2026)
- Bartholomew v. Parking Concepts: LPR Privacy Compliance and the New Liability Landscape (March 24, 2026)
- New York Priced the Road. Now What Does Los Angeles Do? (March 24, 2026)
- The Olympic Gambler's Dilemma: Why LA 2028 Is the Most Consequential Transportation Bet in American History (March 14, 2026)
- The Parking Garage Is Becoming a Mobility Hub. Is Your Facility Ready? (March 8, 2026)
- Pricing the Curb: How LAX Can Get More From Its $30 Billion Investment (March 8, 2026)
- Uber Acquires SpotHero: Why the Biggest Ride-Hailing Company in the World Just Bet on Parking (March 7, 2026)
- Rethinking Future Proofing, Part 4: Retrofitting for the Future (March 7, 2026)
- Rethinking Future Proofing, Part 3: Construction and Commissioning (March 7, 2026)
- Rethinking Future Proofing, Part 2: EV Charging and Driverless Design (March 7, 2026)
- Rethinking Future Proofing, Part 1: Planning and Design (March 7, 2026)
Pages
- The Newsletter Archive (October 22, 2026)
- The Parkonomics Newsletter (October 18, 2026)
- The Coda (October 18, 2026)
- The Over/Under (October 18, 2026)
- The Meter (October 2, 2026)
- Sitemap (April 15, 2026)
- Field Notes (March 13, 2026)
- Work With Us (March 7, 2026)
- Series (March 7, 2026)
- Home (December 27, 2025)
- Publications (December 27, 2025)
- Resources (December 27, 2025)
- Contact (December 27, 2025)
- About Us (December 27, 2025)
Glossary
- Reach Code (October 1, 2026)
- Pull-Through Mobility Court (October 1, 2026)
- Robotaxi Depot (October 1, 2026)
- SB 79 (October 1, 2026)
- AB 2097 (October 1, 2026)
- Density Bonus Law (October 1, 2026)
- Unbundled Parking (October 1, 2026)
- Parking Minimums (October 1, 2026)
- Subscription Rate (September 13, 2026)
- California Independent System Operator (September 13, 2026)
- NFPA 855 (September 13, 2026)
- Interconnection (September 13, 2026)
- Time-of-Use Rate (September 13, 2026)
- Resource Adequacy (September 13, 2026)
- Battery Energy Storage System (September 13, 2026)
- Microgrid (September 13, 2026)
- Duck Curve (September 13, 2026)
- Net Peak (September 13, 2026)
- Second-Life Battery (September 13, 2026)
- Rule 21 (September 13, 2026)
- Bidirectional Charging (September 13, 2026)
- Vehicle-to-Grid (September 13, 2026)
- Curtailment (September 13, 2026)
- Demand Charge (September 13, 2026)
- Flex Alert (September 13, 2026)
- Wireless (Inductive) EV Charging (September 12, 2026)
- Wheel Stops (see also Parking Blocks) (September 12, 2026)
- White label (September 12, 2026)
- Wind Loads (September 12, 2026)
- Waffle-slab Floor System (September 12, 2026)
- Wayfinding (September 12, 2026)
- Vitruvian Principle (September 12, 2026)
- Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) (September 12, 2026)
- Vertical circulation (September 12, 2026)
- Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) (September 12, 2026)
- Vertical Reciprocating Conveyor (VRC) (September 12, 2026)
- Validation (Parking) (September 12, 2026)
- Uniform Building Code (UBC), UBC Supplement (September 12, 2026)
- Urban Land Institute (ULI) (September 12, 2026)
- U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) (September 12, 2026)
- Type II Construction (September 12, 2026)
- Ultimate Load (September 12, 2026)
- Turnover Rate (September 12, 2026)
- Turning Bay (September 12, 2026)
- Two-Bay, End-to-End Configuration (September 12, 2026)
- Type I Construction (September 12, 2026)
- Transportation demand management (TDM) (September 12, 2026)
- Transportation Network Company (TNC) (September 12, 2026)
- Trip Segment Approach to Wayfinding Design (September 12, 2026)
- Transit-oriented development (TOD) (September 12, 2026)
- Transient traffic (September 12, 2026)
- Transit-Oriented Developments (September 12, 2026)
- Transfer Bay (September 12, 2026)
- Traffic Study (September 12, 2026)
- Transient Parking (September 12, 2026)
- Third-Party Car-Sharing (September 12, 2026)
- Traffic Calming (September 12, 2026)
- Tandem parking (September 12, 2026)
- Tax Increment Financing (TIF) (September 12, 2026)
- Supplemental Cementitious Materials (SCM) (September 12, 2026)
- Sustainability (September 12, 2026)
- Structural Systems of Parking (September 12, 2026)
- Subgrade Material (September 12, 2026)
- Superelevation (September 12, 2026)
- Structural Steel System (September 12, 2026)
- Stack parking (September 12, 2026)
- Stormwater Detention (September 12, 2026)
- Sprinkler Design Density (September 12, 2026)
- Steel Bar Joist Systems (September 12, 2026)
- Speed Ramp (September 12, 2026)
- Spalled (September 12, 2026)
- Special-Use Parking Facilities (September 12, 2026)
- Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) (September 12, 2026)
- Solar Canopy (September 12, 2026)
- Soft Construction Costs (September 12, 2026)
- Software as a Service (SaaS) (September 12, 2026)
- Smart Growth (September 12, 2026)
- Smart Parking Solutions (September 12, 2026)
- Smoke Barrier (September 12, 2026)
- Single-loaded parking bays (September 12, 2026)
- Skyglow (September 12, 2026)
- Smart City (September 12, 2026)
- Smart Connected and Holistic Parking Guidance Systems (September 12, 2026)
- Short-term parking (September 12, 2026)
- Single-helix configuration (September 12, 2026)
- Single-Loaded Module (See also Module and double-loaded module) (September 12, 2026)
- Shared Parking (September 12, 2026)
- Shear Wall (September 12, 2026)
- Short-span (September 12, 2026)
- SERP (Search Engine Results Page) (September 12, 2026)
- Service Load (September 12, 2026)
- Self-park garage (September 12, 2026)
- Seismic loads (September 12, 2026)
- Rough Order-of-Magnitude (ROM) (September 12, 2026)
- Sale-Leaseback Arrangement (September 12, 2026)
- Search engine optimization (SEO) (September 12, 2026)
- Robotaxi (September 12, 2026)
- Right-Speeding (September 12, 2026)
- Roadway Lighting Committee (September 12, 2026)
- Retroreflective Lettering For Signs (September 12, 2026)
- Return On Investment (ROI) (September 12, 2026)
- Ride Sharing or Ride Hailing (September 12, 2026)
- Request for Proposal (RFP) (September 12, 2026)
- Required parking spaces (September 12, 2026)
- Responsive Lighting Technology (September 12, 2026)
- Readability (vs. Legibility) (September 12, 2026)
- Ramp Slope (September 12, 2026)
- QR Code (September 12, 2026)
- Rainwater Harvesting Systems (September 12, 2026)
- Precast Pretensioned Concrete (see also Cast-In-Place Post-Tensioned Concrete) (September 12, 2026)
- Pro Forma (Parking) (September 12, 2026)
- Public-Private Partnership (PPP) (September 12, 2026)
- Pre-Booked (Reservation) Parking (September 12, 2026)
- Post-tensioned concrete (September 12, 2026)
- Precast Concrete Institute (September 12, 2026)
- Pick-Up/Drop-Off (PUDO) Zone (September 12, 2026)
- Planned Unit Development (PUD) (September 12, 2026)
- Plug-in Electric Vehicle (PEV) (September 12, 2026)
- Pedestrian Guardrails (September 12, 2026)
- Perforated Panels (September 12, 2026)
- Photovoltaic (PV) panels (September 12, 2026)
- Pay-In-Lane Machine (September 12, 2026)
- Pay-per-click (September 12, 2026)
- Peak Demand Parking Facilities (September 12, 2026)
- ParkSmart Certification (formerly known as Green Garage Certification) (September 12, 2026)
- Parking Turnover (September 12, 2026)
- Parking Utilization Studies (September 12, 2026)
- Passenger Loading Zone (September 12, 2026)
- Parking Ratios (September 12, 2026)
- Parking Ordinances (September 12, 2026)
- Parking Rate/Fee (September 12, 2026)
- Parking Geometry (September 12, 2026)
- Parking Guidance System (September 12, 2026)
- Parking Easements (see also Off-Site Parking) (September 12, 2026)
- Parking Concessionaire (September 12, 2026)
- Parking Demand Analysis (September 12, 2026)
- Parking Design (September 12, 2026)
- Parking as a Service (PaaS) (September 12, 2026)
- Parking Aggregator (September 12, 2026)
- Parking Blocks (see also Wheel Stops) (September 12, 2026)
- Park-and-Ride (September 12, 2026)
- Paradigm (September 12, 2026)
- Owner-Operator Agreement (September 12, 2026)
- Pan-joist System (September 12, 2026)
- Oversell (Oversubscription) (September 12, 2026)
- Out-of-phase Movement (September 12, 2026)
- Openness Calculation (September 12, 2026)
- Operating Expenses (September 12, 2026)
- OSHA (September 12, 2026)
- On-street Parking (September 12, 2026)
- Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) (September 12, 2026)
- Open-air facility (Open Parking Garage) (September 12, 2026)
- Off-Site Parking (see also Parking Easements) (September 12, 2026)
- Non-cutoff Luminaire (September 12, 2026)
- Net Floor Area (NFA) (September 12, 2026)
- Net Rentable Area (NRA) (September 12, 2026)
- New Urbanism (September 12, 2026)
- Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) (September 12, 2026)
- Natural Ventilation (September 12, 2026)
- National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) (September 12, 2026)
- National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) (September 12, 2026)
- Moment Frames, Precast Moment Frames (September 12, 2026)
- Monthly Parking (September 12, 2026)
- Multi-modal facilities (September 12, 2026)
- Municipal Bonds (September 12, 2026)
- Mobility Court (September 12, 2026)
- Module, or Parking Module (see also single-loaded module and double-loaded module) (September 12, 2026)
- Metal Halide Lighting (September 12, 2026)
- Method of Operation (September 12, 2026)
- Micromobility (September 12, 2026)
- Mechanical Ventilation System (September 12, 2026)
- Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) (September 12, 2026)
- Master Plan (September 12, 2026)
- Make-Ready Infrastructure (September 12, 2026)
- Long-term or Extended Stay Parking (September 12, 2026)
- Luminance (September 12, 2026)
- Managed Charging (September 12, 2026)
- Live Loads aka Live Design Loads (September 12, 2026)
- Long-Span Construction (see clear-span construction) (September 12, 2026)
- Light Pollution (Skyglow) (September 12, 2026)
- Light Standard (September 12, 2026)
- Light Trespass (September 12, 2026)
- Lighting Power Density (LPD) (September 12, 2026)
- Levels of Service (LOS) A (September 12, 2026)
- Life Cycle Cost (LCC) (September 12, 2026)
- Level of Service (LOS) Grading System (September 12, 2026)
- Levels of Service (LOS) (September 12, 2026)
- Level of Service (LOS) D (September 12, 2026)
- Level of Service (LOS) E (September 12, 2026)
- Level of Service (LOS) F (September 12, 2026)
- Level of Service (LOS) C (September 12, 2026)
- Level 5 autonomous vehicle (September 12, 2026)
- Level of Service (LOS) (September 12, 2026)
- Level of Service (LOS) B (September 12, 2026)
- Legibility (vs. Readability) (September 12, 2026)
- LED Lighting (September 12, 2026)
- Level 4 Autonomy (September 12, 2026)
- Land-use Planning (September 12, 2026)
- Lateral Loads (September 12, 2026)
- Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) (September 12, 2026)
- kW versus kWh (September 12, 2026)
- International Mechanical Code (IMC) (September 12, 2026)
- International Plumbing Code (IPC) (September 12, 2026)
- International Dark Sky Association (IDA) (September 12, 2026)
- International Fire Code (IFC) (September 12, 2026)
- International Green Construction Code (IGCC) (September 12, 2026)
- International Building Code (IBC) (September 12, 2026)
- International Code Council (ICC) (September 12, 2026)
- Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) (September 12, 2026)
- Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) (September 12, 2026)
- Interlock Dimension (September 12, 2026)
- Illuminance (September 12, 2026)
- Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) (September 12, 2026)
- I-Codes (September 12, 2026)
- Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) (September 12, 2026)
- HVAC (September 12, 2026)
- Hybrid Concrete Structural System (September 12, 2026)
- Hybrid Steel System (September 12, 2026)
- Heat Island Effect (September 12, 2026)
- Hard construction costs (September 12, 2026)
- Group S-2 Single-Story Parking Garage (September 12, 2026)
- Gross Leasable Area (GLA) (September 12, 2026)
- Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) (September 12, 2026)
- Green Roofs (September 12, 2026)
- Gross Floor Area (GFA) (September 12, 2026)
- Geofencing (September 12, 2026)
- Glare (September 12, 2026)
- Graphic Panel (fiberglass or mesh) (September 12, 2026)
- Gateless Parking (September 12, 2026)
- Free-Standing Parking Garage (September 12, 2026)
- Future-Flexible Design (September 12, 2026)
- Garagekeepers Liability (September 12, 2026)
- Fleet Staging (September 12, 2026)
- Floor Diaphragm (September 12, 2026)
- Foundation Systems (September 12, 2026)
- Firewall (September 12, 2026)
- First Cost (September 12, 2026)
- Flat Fee Pricing (September 12, 2026)
- Fees-in-lieu (parking) (September 12, 2026)
- Financial Feasibility Analysis/Study (September 12, 2026)
- Factored Load (September 12, 2026)
- Expansion Joint (September 12, 2026)
- Express Ramp (September 12, 2026)
- Exterior Insulated Finishing System (EIFS) (September 12, 2026)
- EV Charging Metrology (September 12, 2026)
- EV Installed (September 12, 2026)
- EV Ready (September 12, 2026)
- EV Station (September 12, 2026)
- Equity Financing (September 12, 2026)
- EV (September 12, 2026)
- EV Capable (September 12, 2026)
- Embodied Carbon (September 12, 2026)
- Enclosed Parking Garage (September 12, 2026)
- Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) (September 12, 2026)
- Effective Supply (September 12, 2026)
- Dynamic tolling (September 12, 2026)
- Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) (September 12, 2026)
- Dwell Time (September 12, 2026)
- Driving simulation software (see Autoturn) (September 12, 2026)
- Dynamic Signage (September 12, 2026)
- Double-threaded Helix or Double Helix Structure (September 12, 2026)
- Double-Loaded Module (see also module and single-loaded module) (September 12, 2026)
- Design Vehicle (for parking facility design) (September 12, 2026)
- Design Day / Design Hour (September 12, 2026)
- Digital Signage (wayfinding) (September 12, 2026)
- Design Bid Build (DBB) (September 12, 2026)
- Design Build (DB) (September 12, 2026)
- Demand-Controlled Ventilation (DCV) (September 12, 2026)
- Deflection (September 12, 2026)
- DC Fast Charging (DCFC) (September 12, 2026)
- Cyclone Fencing (September 12, 2026)
- Curb Management (September 12, 2026)
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM) (September 12, 2026)
- Cutoff Luminaires (September 12, 2026)
- Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) (September 12, 2026)
- Crossover Utility Vehicle (CUV) (September 12, 2026)
- Cubic Feet per Minute (CFM) (September 12, 2026)
- Construction Manager (CM / CMaR) (September 12, 2026)
- Continuous-Flow Circulation System (September 12, 2026)
- Conventionally Reinforced Concrete (September 12, 2026)
- Conflict Point Map (September 12, 2026)
- Connector (EV Charging) (September 12, 2026)
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) (September 12, 2026)
- Concentrated Load (September 12, 2026)
- Concrete (September 12, 2026)
- Cognitive Map (aka Cognitive Image Map) (September 12, 2026)
- Column Capital (September 12, 2026)
- Compact Stall (September 12, 2026)
- Circulation System, parking facility (September 12, 2026)
- Clear-span Construction (aka Long-span) (September 12, 2026)
- Chloride-Ion Contamination (September 12, 2026)
- Charging Utilization (September 12, 2026)
- Charging Port (September 12, 2026)
- Charging Space (September 12, 2026)
- Central Cashiering Systems (see also Pay On Foot) (September 12, 2026)
- Cement (September 12, 2026)
- Charger (EV) (September 12, 2026)
- Charger Uptime (September 12, 2026)
- Cast-In-Place Post-Tensioned Concrete (see also Precast Pretensioned Concrete) (September 12, 2026)
- Cellular leasing (September 12, 2026)
- Carbon Monoxide (CO) (September 12, 2026)
- Capitalization (Cap) Rate (September 12, 2026)
- Carbon Footprint (September 12, 2026)
- Bumper Wall (September 12, 2026)
- Building Code (September 12, 2026)
- Building Information Modeling (BIM) (September 12, 2026)
- Cantilever (September 12, 2026)
- Break-over Angle (September 12, 2026)
- Bond Counsel (September 12, 2026)
- Budget Pricing (September 12, 2026)
- Ballast Factor (September 12, 2026)
- Biophilic Design (September 12, 2026)
- Bituminous Materials (September 12, 2026)
- Autoturn (Driving Simulation Software) (September 12, 2026)
- Bailment, The legal principle of (September 12, 2026)
- Ballast (September 12, 2026)
- Automated Parking (Automated Robotic Parking Structures) (September 12, 2026)
- Autonomous Valet Parking (September 12, 2026)
- Autonomous Vehicles (September 12, 2026)
- Artificial intelligence (AI) (September 12, 2026)
- Attendant Parking (September 12, 2026)
- Automated Load Management System (ALMS) (September 12, 2026)
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (September 12, 2026)
- Anthropometric Data (September 12, 2026)
- Architectural Mesh (September 12, 2026)
- American Concrete Institute (ACI) (September 12, 2026)
- American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning (ASHRAE) (September 12, 2026)
- American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) (September 12, 2026)
- Albedo (September 12, 2026)
- Aggregators (United States and Canada) (September 12, 2026)
- Air Outlet (September 12, 2026)
- Ambient Lighting (September 12, 2026)
- Aggregators (Europe) (September 12, 2026)
- Aggregate length (September 12, 2026)
- Aggregator (online) (September 12, 2026)
- Adaptive Reuse (Parking) (September 12, 2026)
- Accessible Parking (September 12, 2026)
- Adaptive (Responsive) Lighting Technology (September 12, 2026)
- 1-hour fire resistance (September 12, 2026)
- Access Aisle (September 12, 2026)
- Accessible EV Charging Space (September 12, 2026)
- congestion pricing (September 11, 2026)
- Thermal Runaway (September 11, 2026)
- Mobility hub (September 11, 2026)
- Dynamic Pricing (Parking) (September 11, 2026)
- License plate recognition (LPR) (September 11, 2026)
- Parking Access Revenue Control System (PARCS) (September 11, 2026)