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Metropolitan State University - St. Paul, MN
Embracing the Digital Frontier: Reimagining and Revitalizing Your Public Outreach Strategy
While there is a lot of truth in the saying “decisions are made by those who show up,” many municipalities, universities, and other public service organizations currently managing parking and transportation assets are beginning to realize that not everyone has the ability (or the luxury) of “showing up” in person.
At Kimley-Horn, we’ve made a significant investment in team members who are experts at designing and conducting innovative community outreach processes that meet stakeholders where they are, using the latest in both in-person and digital public involvement strategies. One recent example of how members of Kimley-Horn’s parking practice worked with a client to expand outreach efforts beyond the “usual suspects” is…
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White Paper: Parking Requirements Reform
There is in fact a serious and significant national discussion occurring related to benefits and problems associated with the ubiquitous use of minimum parking requirements across the US and the world. Professor Donald Shoup, author of the “High Cost of Free Parking” has led the charge in this area; promoting how better parking policies can improve cities, the economy, and the environment. Recently several other noted academicians and planners have weighed in on the discussion of the importance of parking in general, expanding the research related to minimum parking requirements and proposing new options for how cities should approach these issues. This white paper summarizes some of the most salient issues associated with this debate and includes some additional research and case studies for your consideration.
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Focus Areas to Take Your Parking to the Next Level
The world of parking is changing, and Kimley-Horn—a national engineering and planning firm—is adapting to help you meet these new challenges. Kimley-Horn has assembled an outstanding team of parking professionals to help you take your parking program to the next level. Whether your needs involve strategic planning, sustainable design solutions, new technology, or routine facility maintenance—we can help you.
Our comprehensive service areas include:
- Strategic Planning and Management Consulting
- Design and Construction Phase Services
- Technology Consulting
- Maintenance and Restoration Services
http://www.kimley-horn.com/parking
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What's New at Kimley-Horn?
In The Spotlight
IPI Committee Members 
As part of our commitment to the parking industry, Kimley-Horn is privileged to be involved with numerous committees for the 2015-2017 term.
- Accredited Parking Organization (APO) Task Force – L. Dennis Burns, CAPP, Vanessa Solesbee
- Consultants Committee – Mark Santos, P.E. (co-chair), Sanjay Pandya, P.E.
- Education Committee - Sam Veraldi, CAPP
- Parking Matters Committee – Vanessa Solesbee (co-chair)
- Research Committee – Brett Wood, P.E., CAPP (co-chair), L. Dennis Burns, CAPP
- Safety and Security Committee – Khurshid Hoda, CPP
- Technology Committee – Brett Wood, P.E., CAPP
- Professional Certification Board – Chuck Reedstrom, CAPP serves as a Director on the Professional Certification Board overseeing the CAPP certification program
State Association Board of Directors
- Pacific Intermountain Parking & Transportation Assoctiation (PIPTA) –Vanessa Solesbee has been elected to the Board of Directors, in addition to serving as Co-Chair of the Communications and Member Engagement Committee.
Parking Presentations
- Chris Iser, P.E., LEED AP presented “An Overview of Parking Planning and Garage Design” on September 16th to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Midlands Branch in South Carolina, where successful components of parking garage design were discussed. Chris also was a panelist on the topic of “Parking and Mobility” at the South Carolina Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA), joined by representatives of local police department, transit agency, and municipality parking department, where perspectives on parking and mobility for urban, suburban, and rural areas was discussed.
- Sam Veraldi, CAPP presented “From Parking to Integrated Access Management – The Transformation of America’s Parking Management Paradigm” at the Carolinas Parking Association (CPA) conference held on September 23-25 in Myrtle Beach, SC and will also present the same topic at the Florida Parking Association (FPA) conference on December 2-4 in Amelia Island, FL. This presentation describes the evolution in parking management over the past decade with an emphasis on how the parking management paradigm has expanded in terms of integrating with the larger community transportation and access management equation. It also explores how the role of Parking Professional has evolved in terms of program vision and scope, strategic planning and our involvement with other related disciplines, making our jobs more interesting, varied, relevant and valuable.
- L. Dennis Burns, CAPP presented on the topic of “Release the Parking Brake, Engage the Customer: Creating Vibrant Arrival Experiences” at the New York State Parking Association (NYSPA) conference and exposition held on October 13-16 in Buffalo, NY. Dennis also presented on the same topic at the Parking Association of the Virginias (PAV) Workshop and Tradeshow on November 2-4 in Virginia Beach, VA.
- L. Dennis Burns, CAPP, Vanessa Solesbee, and a panel of downtown experts including Susan Pollay (Ann Arbor, MI), Lisa Harmon (Billings, MT), and Kâren Sander (Boise, ID) presented at the International Downtown Association (IDA) Conference and Tradeshow on September 30-October 2 in San Francisco, CA, where leveraging parking as tool for economic development and downtown management was discussed. Click here to take a look at the presentation.
- Brett Wood, PE, CAPP will be presenting at the Florida Parking Association (FPA) conference on December 2-4 in Amelia Island, FL where Using Innovative Tools for Municipal Parking Planning will be discussed. At the 2015 T2 Connect Conference in New Orleans to be held on November 17-19, Brett will be presenting on Using LPR Technology to Improve Data Collection Methodology. At the January 2016 Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting in Washington DC, Brett will be a discussant at a workshop related to the topic of Measuring the True Value of a Parking Space.
In The Works
The Kimley-Horn parking team is hard at work serving clients and communities. Here is a brief snapshot of a recently completed project:
The Metropolitan State University Parking Ramp
Kimley-Horn designed a multiphase parking ramp for Metropolitan State University to address growing enrollment and to support additional educational buildings on the campus. Phase 1 of the parking ramp provides over 770 stalls; the phase 2 parking ramp expansion will bring the total stall count to more than 1,110 in the ramp. The parking ramp was constructed on an existing surface parking lot, which consumed nearly a full city block of MSU owned property—by consolidating a majority of the campus wide parking stalls within the 5 level parking ramp, a significant portion of that property was made available for additional campus development, including a Student Center and a future Nursing building. The consolidation of parking for the campus and the growing enrollment also resulted in additional traffic volumes on the city street network, which required a traffic impact analysis and ultimately, offsite improvements to the city street network . With the campus in an ultra-urban environment, the design phase of the project had a high level of public outreach and involvement. Kimley-Horn provided parking functional design, structural design, traffic engineering, civil engineering, permitting, stormwater design and below grade stormwater treatment, landscape architecture, public involvement, and construction phase services.
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Ask the Professionals
Have a question? Please contact one of our parking experts listed below:
 Dennis Burns, CAPP - Strategic Planning/Management Consulting
 Dean Penny, P.E. - Design and Construction Phase Services
 Chuck Reedstrom, CAPP - Technology Consulting
 Adam Cochran, P.E. - Maintenance and Restoration Services
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College Football Hall of Fame Deck - Atlanta, GA
With a mindset that always takes the big picture into account, our team can help you explore solutions that fully integrate your parking system into the broader community. Whether it’s helping your parking program serve as a catalyst for economic development, improving your program’s image, enhancing customer service, reducing operating costs, or developing a sustainable new facility—Kimley-Horn can help you and your parking system reach the next level.
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