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curb management
Compliance
October 21, 2026
The $273 Question
The Supreme Court passed on Chicago's car impound case, but two justices drew a line every parking program should study: enforcement manages the curb, collection chases a debt, and the Constitution may treat them very differently.
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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.
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Field Notes
April 24, 2026
500% in 19 Months: The Robotaxi Adoption Curve Just Bent Upward
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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Practice
April 8, 2026
Procurement Is Still Buying the Past While Parking Has Moved to 2026
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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Deep Dive Reports · Airport Parking
March 8, 2026
Pricing the Curb: How LAX Can Get More From Its $30 Billion Investment
Los Angeles is in the midst of the largest public works project in its history, and LAX's new people mover and transit connections can deliver more if the terminal curb is priced rather than free. This is the economic case for managing curb space as the airport's most valuable asset, before the world's cameras arrive for the 2028 Olympics.
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Rethinking Future Proofing
March 7, 2026
Rethinking Future Proofing, Part 1: Planning and Design
What if a brand-new, state-of-the-art building constructed today could be functionally obsolete in less than a decade? In the first of a four-part series published in Urban Land Magazine, the Parkonomics team presents a lifecycle-based framework for designing parking facilities that adapt to technological and operational change, from structural decisions and sightlines to the invisible digital infrastructure that powers the next generation of parking.
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