Deep Dive Reports
November 2, 2026
Designed to Park, or Designed to Impress?
Why parking expertise in management, operations, technology, and design must be at the table before the first blueprint.
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Field Notes
October 21, 2026
Follow the Miles: What Waymo’s City Data Tells Parking
Waymo publishes its driverless miles to make a safety case. Read by a parking professional, the same numbers map where a new class of vehicle will wait, charge and sleep.
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Field Notes
September 24, 2026
The Federal EV Fee Is a Four-Cent Meter
Congress found the broken meter and installed a coin slot. The new federal EV fee raises four cents for every dollar the Highway Trust Fund is short. The honest fix is in the same bill, and parking already knows how to build it.
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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.
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Rethinking Future Proofing
March 7, 2026
Rethinking Future Proofing, Part 3: Construction and Commissioning
Construction is where design intent either gets built correctly or gets value-engineered away. The technology decisions made during this phase, and verified at commissioning, define what the facility can do for the next 20 years.
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