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Long gone are the days when parking was a free-for-all. Parking has become a highly regulated industry for many reasons: it creates major revenue for municipalities; there’s a need for equal access for the disabled, accommodations are made for cultural events like concerts or Sunday church; and parking security must be formalized to monitor unauthorized personnel in sensitive places like schools and hospitals.

But our posts about parking regulations do more than just bring you the latest. We aim to give you context, simple breakdowns complicated jargon, and answer your questions. Are you wondering about whether you need to pay for parking if you have a disabled placard? How many accessible spaces businesses must provide for disabled employees or customers? The difference between loading, standing, and stopping? Read, comment, ask.

Volunteer handicap parking enforcement is helping, but is it wrong?

Volunteer handicap parking enforcement is helping, but is it wrong?

November 29, 2012

In Boynton Beach and other cities, volunteers have taken over the task of investigating and issuing handicap parking violations. But is this really a good idea? (Via Media Dis&Dat.) We’ve groused about able-bodied drivers parking in disabled parking spots for months – ever since we read about the brazen scofflaws of Washington, D.C. last spring, […]

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Can a parking garage be intellectual property?

Can a parking garage be intellectual property?

November 8, 2012

11 11 Lincoln Road, at night.  Licensed under Creative Commons, some rights reserved; photo by miamism. Here at parkingsigns.net, we think a lot about how parking works, from the economics and urban planning aspects to the environmental impact, cost recovery and municipal fine structures. We were caught off-guard this week when a news item alerted […]

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Cities may start charging for disabled parking due to widespread fraud

Cities may start charging for disabled parking due to widespread fraud

October 23, 2012

Free disabled parking spots aren’t the problem – it’s when metered parking spots can be occupied for free by anyone with a placard that people tend to take advantage. No one is in favor of making parking for people with disabilities more difficult. But what is the overall value of refusing to compromise that principle, […]

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Education programs may be the ticket to avoiding bike accidents and traffic fines

Education programs may be the ticket to avoiding bike accidents and traffic fines

October 18, 2012

After the NYPD’s crackdown on bicycle traffic violations engineered by Operation Safe Cycle, cyclists complained that the wrong offenses were being targeted, and there was no effort to educate the city’s thousands of bikers (via Transportation Nation). There’s nothing like taking a leisurely bike ride and then being slapped with a $270 ticket! Although, these […]

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Can increased warnings reduce pedestrian-vehicle-bicycle crashes?

Can increased warnings reduce pedestrian-vehicle-bicycle crashes?

October 5, 2012

Accidents between vehicles and pedestrians have become an all-too-common scene on the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey (via Asbury Park Press). Despite precautions like crosswalks, cities across the country are seeing increases in collisions between pedestrians, vehicles and bicycles. Officials are desperately trying to find new methods to prevent injuries and save lives on […]

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Tailgaters vs. people with disabilities: A game-day battle

Tailgaters vs. people with disabilities: A game-day battle

September 18, 2012

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is facing charges that handicapped parking was rented to donors on Cornhuskers’ game days (photo by Kent Sievers, The Omaha World-Herald). 9/18/12 — Whether it’s the NFL or a local university or high school, the most hotly contested showdown this fall might be tailgaters v. people with disabilities. On game day, […]

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Tampa’s Transport Woes, Republican National Convention Edition

Tampa’s Transport Woes, Republican National Convention Edition

August 23, 2012

  Plentiful, largely empty parking lots: an old Tampa Bay tradition (via pleasantfamilyshopping.blogspot.com). August 22, 2012 — When they’re picking locations for their quadrennial national conventions, do the two major parties look for swing states, in hopes that bringing 50,000 party boffins into town will tilt voters in their favor? Do they look for a sympathetic […]

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Your DMV Record Can Predict Your Untimely Death – And Raise Your Premiums

Your DMV Record Can Predict Your Untimely Death – And Raise Your Premiums

August 21, 2012

Slow down — for your health, and your wallet RoadTrafficSigns.com. August 21, 2012 — If you’ve got a lead foot, your need for speed could cost you – in more ways than you think.  Now add your life insurance company to the list of folks keeping tabs on your driving habits (and what those habits […]

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Outsourced Enforcement Proves Effective, Doubles Atlanta Parking Revenue in 2011

Outsourced Enforcement Proves Effective, Doubles Atlanta Parking Revenue in 2011

August 16, 2012

Stricter parking enforcement protects resident parking and ensures parking  efficiency (via MyParkingSign). August 16, 2011 — Atlanta, Georgia, is seeing the benefit of privatizing parking — over 8 million dollars in benefit. Three years ago, Atlanta’s parking system was losing the city respect and money as lax enforcement and lack of parking personnel affected the city’s […]

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The Top Ten Worst and Best States for Pedestrian Safety

The Top Ten Worst and Best States for Pedestrian Safety

August 13, 2012

The number of pedestrian accidents and fatalities varies with location (via PedestrianSigns). August 13, 2012 — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration just released 2010 Data on pedestrian safety. Pedestrian fatalities accounted for about 13% of all traffic-related deaths in 2010, amounting to 4280 deaths in the United States.  This is a four percent increase […]

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Maryland Introduces Stricter Driver Testing

Maryland Introduces Stricter Driver Testing

August 10, 2012

 State regulations make it tougher for teens to get driver’s licenses (via Delmarvanow). August 10, 2012 — Tougher state regulations in Maryland regarding driver license requirements are making it more difficult for teens to be certified. Before this, students had to wait six months before taking the driver’s test. During that time span, they had to have at least […]

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