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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. → 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. → 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. → Airport Parking · Deep Dive Reports
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. → 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. →