Fun Facts about Valet Parking

Take a look inside a part of the parking industry that is often overlooked, valet parking. Valet parking is here to stay and can make an experience at any establishment better. Parkinc.com has provided us with some thoughts and opinions from the valets that make this portion of the industry possible. Click here to view the entire article.

Fun Facts about Valet Parking
By: parkinc.com

Most people recognize a valet when they see one. Valet parking attendants are common fixtures at the entrances to busy restaurants, clubs, airports, hotels, and more. Sometimes valet parking attendants are employees of the business establishment. In other instances, valets are actually employees of parking management companies such as Park Inc. We offer valet parking service to a wide range of businesses from small family owned restaurants to large clients such as Charlotte Douglas International Airport and the University of Tennessee Medical Center. These locations include standard valet, business valet, shuttle buses, traffic controllers, parking garage management, and much more. 

Employees at Park Inc go through weeks of training in preparation for their assignments. Our professional parking attendants are extensions of your business; the first and last impressions guests associate with your facility and employees. Although most of our clients recognize the value valet parking service adds to their guest experience, here are some additional fun facts about valet service:

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Green Parking

In an effort to be more environmentally conscious, and encourage electric car use, Boston will be opening an eco-friendly charge and park facility. Certainly, everyone is becoming more aware of the steps that can be taken to be more environmentally friendly; this facility will provide those people who already use eco-friendly vehicles with a place to park and charge. Furthermore, it will also give those considering purchasing an eco-friendly car assurance that they will have this privilege as well. Finally, if successful it will undoubtedly encourage the creation of similar facilities elsewhere. Click here to read the full article.

Boston to get eco-friendly park and charge facility

By: Patricia Resende

Electric vehicle owners will have a new place to charge and park their cars in Boston.

Boston real estate developer Dinosaur Capital Partners LLC said Wednesday it will revamp an old gas station in Boston’s Bulfinch Triangle and turn it into Green Park & Charge.

Green Park & Charge, slated to open on August 1, will be located between the Financial District, TD Garden, Fanueil Hall and the North End and directly across from the Edward Brooke Courthouse, an area where more than nine million cars and pedestrians pass a year and 35,000 cars and pedestrians pass daily, according to Scott Oran, a founding partner at Dinosaur Capital.

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CTA Introduces Easier Way to Pay at Park & Ride Locations

In what seems to be another step toward keeping their customers happy the CTA (Chicago Transit Authority) is taking measures to make parking easier. Teaming with Parkmobile USA they are aiming to make the pay for parking system easier. The goal seems to be to cut out as much time as possible from parking allowing the consumer to focus on other more important tasks. To read the full article click here.

CTA Introduces Easier Way to Pay at Park & Ride Locations using Parkmobile Mobile Payment Solution

By: Tina Dyer

Parkmobile USA, Inc., a leading provider of mobile payment solutions to transit authorities, municipalities and parking providers around the world, has partnered with The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and Central Parking System (CPS) to offer mobile payment services to CTA parking customers at various Park & Ride locations throughout the city. The CTA bears no cost to implement these services because Parkmobile is a subcontractor of CPS which was publicly awarded the bid to manage various CTA Park & Ride lots.

With the Parkmobile solution, patrons running to an appointment or catching a train can bypass the parking pay station and complete their parking transactions by mobile phone. Parkmobile is pleased to have teamed up with CTA and CPS to provide its customers an option to make both a simple and easy way to pay for parking.

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A look at the cost of parking in Canada

 The Victoria Transport Policy Institute recently released an in depth look at the cost of parking in Canada, and it is a great resource to have. As industry specialists it is essential to be aware of what the market is like everywhere. This is a great source of information for anyone looking at expansion possibilities or for comparison. Click here to read the full report.

Transportation Cost and Benefit Analysis II – Parking Costs
Victoria Transport Policy Institute

Parking costs include parking facility land, construction and operating costs, plus indirect costs such as stormwater management costs. 

There are various types of parking facilities:
• On-street parking consists of parking lanes provided within public road rights-of-way.
• Off-street parking are parking facilities on their own land, not on road rights-of-way.
• Surface parking refers to parking lots directly on land.
• Structured parking (also called parkades or ramps) are parking facilities in or under multistory buildings.