Analysis • Urban Mobility • 2026 New York Priced the Road. Now What Does Los Angeles Do? 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. By Frank Ching • Urban Planning | Director of Transportation and Parking…
Analysis • February 2026 Uber Acquires SpotHero: Why the Biggest Ride-Hailing Company in the World Just Bet on Parking The deal isn’t about parking convenience. It’s about who controls the physical infrastructure layer of autonomous mobility — and what that means for every parking operator, developer, and investor in North America. By Andrew Sachs, CAPP…
The vast majority of parking inventory is existing facilities — not new construction. In the final installment of the Rethinking Future Proofing series, the Parkonomics team tackles how to phase retrofits strategically, unlock revenue through shared parking, build adaptive operations, and position the parking facility as an integrated node in the smart city.
4-Part Series • Parking Asset Lifecycle • Part 3 of 4 Rethinking Future Proofing: Planning for Operational and Technological Evolution • Part 3 of 4: Construction and Commissioning Rethinking Future Proofing: Construction and Commissioning Construction is where design intent either gets built correctly or gets value-engineered away. The technology decisions made during this phase —…
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…