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GST Reduction Benefits Patients and Families of Hamilton Health Sciences and St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
White Rock (216 KB) How a new Pay-by-Space system is helping the City of White Rock make parking work.
Reduced GST and Parking Fees (698 KB) The Canadian Parking Association responded to the recent cut to the Goods and Services Tax on July 1.
Selling Parking on eBay (45 KB) by Blake Laufer, T2 Systems (Canada) Inc. How to set the perfect price for parking, to ensure no empty stalls.
The Royal Canadian Mint: A Detailed Explanation (49 KB) by Don Finnbogason. A review of the CPA’s 2000 Conference and Trade Show Keynote Speaker, Dr. Hieu Troung, Executive Director of Research and Corporate Development, Engineering, Royal Canadian Mint.
Car Jails (285 KB) by Allan J. Bazar, Calgary Parking Authority. How the Calgary Parking Authority took over the management of the municipal impound lot.
Calgary’s Tools for Managing Traffic (227 KB) by Bruce McDougall, City of Calgary. At the City of Calgary, transportation planners and engineers employ a toolbox of techniques in their bid to relieve congestion and reduce problems with mobility, energy consumption, and air quality.
Visitor First (100 KB) from the Calgary Herald. Cities are encouraged to cater to visitor parking in their downtown core. "Visitors are not as familiar; they require a higher level of service."
Weighing Options for Long-term Gain (114 KB) by Peter DiLullo, Yolles Engineering. A life-cycle analysis of a parking facility needing major repairs delivers value.
Looking Ahead: The Future of the Parking Industry (117 KB) by Tony Sedgwick, National Car Parks Ltd. What are the main traffic-related problems? Volume? Public transportation? The move of city residents to the suburbs? The move of businesses to "business parks" or Malls?
Parking in a Broader Context (198 KB) by Ralph Bond, BA Consulting. Parking as an Urban Design, Economic Development, and Transportation Demand Management Tool.
Pricing Methods (219 KB) by Victoria Transport Policy Institute. Techniques for collecting road, parking, and vehicle fees. Explanations and a comparison of different options.
Protecting Your Assets: Small city moving to real-time wireless parking enforcement (194 KB) by Steve Campbell (Independent Technical Writer) and Douglas Stone (Douglas Management Consulting Inc.). How the City of White Rock, BC, uses mobile parking enforcement to protect its valuable tourist market and generate profits of $2 million a year on its public parking.
The Bank of Canada Upgrades the $10 Bill (287 KB). A Bank of Canada notice on the changes to the new $10 bill and the need to upgrade equipment that accepts paper bills.
Monitoring and Auditing Pay-on-Foot Parking Operations to Detect Fraud (285 KB) by Larry Donoghue, Larry Donoghue & Associates. Outlining some of the 91 ways to cheat POF equipment and what can be done to reduce the opportunities.
Multi-Bay Pay Stations: The Next Generation of On-Street Parking (109 KB) by Robert Ziola, Cubic Parking Systems. In an effort to reduce costs, many municipalities are converting from single-space pay stations to multi-bay pay stations.
The Cost of Parking in Canada (129 KB) CPA Statistical Analysis by Domenic Sorbara. Results of an analysis of costs for on-street and off-street parking.
To Charge or Not To Charge, That is The Question (173 KB) by John Revell, Rich and Associates. Things to consider when establishing fees (or not) for municipal parking services.
How Free Parking Can Support Downtown Revitalization (118 KB) by John McBride, City of Kitchener. How the City of Kitchener made significant improvements in their downtown core by implementing limited free parking.
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