Parking Literature

Books

  • More…True Stories from the Quirky World of Parking

    More Stories from The Quirky World of Parking” is brought to you by Larry J. Cohen, CAPP, a 40-year veteran of the industry who has led parking operations at some of the country’s most prestigious programs and for the past decade as the ...

    Price: $14.99

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  • How Not to Suck At Marketing

    If you’ve ever felt like you suck at marketing, you’re not alone. Survive and thrive in today’s digital world. Let’s face it, marketing today is really, really hard. From the explosion of digital advertising options to the ...

    Price: Kindle: $9.99 Print: $15.96

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  • The Quirky World of Parking

    Written by Larry J. Cohen, CAPP, a parking executive with 40-years in the industry, the book is a parking primer 101 master class interlaced with crazy and fascinating stories covering all aspects of the profession.

    Price: $14.99

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  • Parking Industry Analysis (2013-2018)

    The National Parking Association has gathered and provided the most comprehensive parking industry data over the last decade. This retrospective combines the most relevant historical research into a single source for reference.

    Publisher: National Parking Association

    Price: $699.00

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  • Shared Parking - Third Edition

    The third edition of Shared Parking is a landmark publication and the sole source for estimating, planning and implementing parking across the most diversified use cases for mixed use development.

    Publisher: Urban Land Institute; Third edition (March 9, 2020)

    Price: Kindle: $148.15 Print: $155.95

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  • A Guide to Parking

    If you own a car, use public transportation, go to work or school, use health care, shop or dine out, or are part of a metropolitan community, parking affects you, probably in more ways than you’ve thought about.

    Publisher: International Parking Institute

    Price: Kindle: $36.85 - $50.49 Print: $64.12

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  • 2018 Greener Parking Case Studies

    LEARN FROM OTHER PARKING PROFESSIONALS’ EXPERIENCE: How Going Green Can Maximize ROI Data and Context that Allow You to Make Smart Choices Insights for Improving Your Operations and Your Brand Sustainable parking is not just good for the ...

    Publisher: National Parking Association

    Price: $77.99

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  • Death by Parking

    Author John Van Horn has spent two decades editing a business-to-business publication focused on parking. He uses that expertise to craft short mystery stories featuring Los Angeles PI Paul Manning.

    Publisher: Parking Today Media; 1 edition (May 5, 2017)

    Price: Kindle: $4.99 Print: $9.95

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  • Urban Street Design Guide

    The NACTO Urban Street Design Guide shows how streets of every size can be reimagined and reoriented to prioritize safe driving and transit, biking, walking, and public activity. Unlike older, more conservative engineering manuals, this design guide ...

    Publisher: National Association of City Transportation Officials

    Price: $55.00

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  • The Dimensions of Parking

    Including practical information on parking development and operations--whether free or pay parking--this book reveals the best practices for how to plan, design, finance, build, and operate a parking facility.

    Publisher: Urban Land Institute

    Price: From €14.37

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  • Parking Standards

    This new report, an expanded and updated version of a previous best seller, contains not only an exhaustive set of parking standards, but also a section dealing with the complexities of creating practical parking standards in the present-day U.S.

    Publisher: APA Planning Advisory Service

    Price: From €53 (not available at the moment)

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  • Europe Real Estate 2016

    Europe Real Estate examines the state of the real estate market across Europe, including the markets of Russia and Turkey. This annual reference book examines the latest trends, projects and developments in all real estate segments in over 30 European ...

    Publisher: Europe Real Estate

    Price: Paperback: € 65.00, Digital Book: € 25.00

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  • Sustainable Parking Design & Management: A Practitioner's Handbook

    Brought to you by a partnership between the National Parking Association and the International Parking Institute, this is the parking industry’s first reference book on sustainability. The parking industry has a tremendous role to play in ...

    Publisher: International Parking Institute and National Parking Association

    Price: $40.95

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  • Legal Perspectives on Employment Law & Best Practices

    The legal perspectives eBook features three sections on parking employee- and employment-specific matters, including Understanding Employment Law, Employment Decision-making Best Practices and Assess Your Policies & Procedures Annually.

    Publisher: National Parking Association

    Price: $32.99 USD

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  • Parking Management for Smart Growth

    The average parking space requires approximately 300 square feet of asphalt. That’s the size of a studio apartment in New York and enough room to hold 10 bicycles. Space devoted to parking in growing urban and suburban areas is highly ...

    Publisher: Island Press

    Price: Kindle: $43.41 Print: $29.97-46.00

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  • Modern Basics and Methods for Car Parking

    Site selection of car parking that had done by a traditional method causes inefficiency of this car parking and even makes traffic problems. Thereafter, it is necessary to employ new systems, which have the ability to analyze a lot of parameters ...

    Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing

    Price: From $48 USD

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  • Simple Arduino based Automated Parking lot System

    The purpose of this manual is to design and implement a Microcontroller based Parking system. This book is intended for those who are familiar with the basic instructions of any typical microcontroller and C language but want to challenge their knowledge ...

    Publisher: Seyedreza Fattahzadeh

    Price: $10.95 USD

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  • The 2016-2021 World Outlook for Parking Lots, Garages, and Valet Parking Services

    This econometric study covers the world outlook for parking lots, garages, and valet parking services across more than 200 countries. For each year reported, estimates are given for the latent demand, or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.

    Publisher: ICON Group International, Inc.

    Price: Unavailable

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  • Legal Perspectives on Equity and Assets

    The commercial and private sector parking innovators in this eBook, Executive Perspectives on Equity and Assets: Insights from Parking Industry Innovators, are thought leaders who have shaped business strategy, profitability and the best practices within ...

    Publisher: National Parking Association

    Price: $32.99 USD

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  • Parking: Issues and Policies

    Travel by car invariably involves the use of a car parking space at the start and end of the journey, the provision of which impacts on travel demand and travel behaviour. The presence or absence of parking at the destination also has significant ...

    Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited

    Price: From $59.23

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  • Financing Parking Facilities

    The level of knowledge concerning the financing of parking facilities is high among private parking operators and owners. Internal growth and new projects would not occur, if parking companies were not thoroughly familiar with the ability to finance new ...

    Publisher: Springer

    Price: From $103.47

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  • 2013-2015 Parking Demand Research Report: Fundamental Economic & Market Indicators

    The National Parking Association (NPA), in cooperation with sponsor Denison Parking, has undertaken a major research study to analyze the diverse fundamental economic and demographic factors underpinning parking demand.

    Publisher: National Parking Association (NPA)

    Price: $599.00 USD

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  • Parking Cars in America, 1910-1945: A History

    With its decentralized urban areas, pollution, and mostly inadequate public transit systems, America pays a heavy price for its dependency on cars. This volume explores one of the more pressing aspects of the problem--storage--from 1910 to the end of ...

    Publisher: McFarland

    Price: Kindle: $9.99 Print: $26.20

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  • The Parking Garage: Design and Evolution of a Modern Urban Form

    Examining the parking garage from an architect's perspective, this book chronicles the evolution and future of parking garage innovations—from early elevator and ramp designs through the modern, sustainable structures of today.

    Publisher: Urban Land Institute

    Price: $86.30

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  • Parking Management Strategies: A Handbook For Implementation

    This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to ...

    Publisher: Ulan Press

    Price: $23.95

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  • Parking Reform Made Easy

    Today, there are more than three parking spaces for every car in the United States. No one likes searching for a space, but in many areas, there is an oversupply, wasting valuable land, damaging the environment, and deterring development. Richard W.

    Publisher: Island Press

    Price: Kindle $43.70 Print $46.00

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  • Parking Structures (Construction and Design Manual)

    50 international multi-storey car parks with detailed planning material show new trends in the areas of multi-storey car park design and innovative parking systems. The book includes an introduction to architectural heritage with many sample buildings, ...

    Publisher: DOM PUBLISHERS; Bilingual edition

    Price: $125.96

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  • The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition

    One of APA's most popular and influential books is finally in PAPE, with a new preface from the author on how thinking about parking has changed since this book was first published. In this no-holds-barred treatise, Shoup argues that free parking has ...

    Publisher: APA Planners Press; Updated edition

    Price: Kindle $28.60 Print $32.01

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  • 2012-2013 Parking Industry Purchasing Power Report (ebook)

    Who are the Key Decision Makers in Parking Purchasing and What Do They Plan to Buy? The National Parking Association conducted a North American study to analyze preferences, purchasing plans and buying power among parking industry professionals.

    Publisher: National Parking Association

    Price: $89.95 USD

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  • Legal Perspectives on Rules, Risks & Litigation (ebook)

    The legal perspectives in this eBook bring you thoughtful insights into how to manage risk, protect your organization and follow the letter and spirit of the law in your business practices. The topics have been carefully selected to address key legal ...

    Publisher: NPA

    Price: $32.99 USD

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  • Executive Perspectives on Growth and Competitive Edge (ebook)

    In this eBook, commercial and private sector parking innovators address best practices, how to build success and grow your business. This bottom line eBook is your resource to focus on ways to innovate to continue to deliver value and results.

    Publisher: NPA

    Price: $32.99 USD

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  • The Pursuit of Parking: A Guide for Community Associations

    Restore order in the lot and harmony among the residents with the ultimate "how to" parking manual for community associations. How to restrict locations and vehicles without restricting community spirit.

    Publisher: Community Assn Inst

    Price: From $19.98

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  • The 2009-2014 World Outlook for Parking Lots, Garages, and Valet Parking Services

    This econometric study covers the world outlook for parking lots, garages, and valet parking services across more than 200 countries. For each year reported, estimates are given for the latent demand, or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.

    Publisher: ICON Group International, Inc.

    Price: Unavailable

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  • It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership

    It Worked for Me is filled with vivid experiences and lessons learned that have shaped the legendary public service career of the four-star general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell. At its heart are Powell's "Thirteen Rules"—notes he ...

    Publisher: Harper

    Price: Kindle $2.99 Print $15.42

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  • ReThinking a Lot: The Design and Culture of Parking

    There are an estimated 600,000,000 passenger cars in the world, and that number is increasing every day. So too is Earth's supply of parking spaces. In some cities, parking lots cover more than one-third of the metropolitan footprint.

    Publisher: The MIT Press

    Price: $31.49

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  • Guide to Selecting a Parking Operator

    This publication includes chapters on owner and public sector outsourcing, options for operating parking assets, types of agreements for contract operations, time required to select an operator, the operator selection process and operations management ...

    Publisher: National Parking Association

    Price: $77.99 USD

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  • Parking Structure Fire Facts

    Fire safety is one of the most important considerations in the design of any building, including multi-level parking structures. It is important that owners and designers understand the risk of fires in parking structures so they can take appropriate ...

    Publisher: National Parking Association (2008)

    Price: $77.99 USD

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  • Recommended Zoning Ordnance Provisions

    NPA Parking Consultants Council Serves as a guide for those involved in the planning, design, construction, operation, management or approval of facilities that include off-street parking spaces.

    Publisher: National Parking Association (2006)

    Price: $142.99

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  • The Dimensions of Parking, fifth edition

    A joint publication by the National Parking Association and the Urban Land Institute. Includes parking studies and demand; zoning requirements; financial feasibility and financing; parking geometrics; wayfinding; safety, security and secure design; ...

    Publisher: National Parking Association

    Price: $99.99 USD

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  • The 2007-2012 Outlook for Auto Repair, Services, and Parking in Greater China

    This study covers the latent demand outlook for auto repair, services, and parking across the regions of Greater China, including provinces, autonomous regions (Guangxi, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Xizang - Tibet), municipalities (Beijing, Chongqing, ...

    Publisher: ICON Group International, Inc. (Paperback, September 28, 2006)

    Price: Unavailable

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  • The 2007-2012 Outlook for Parking Lots, Garages, and Valet Parking Services in the United States

    This study covers the latent demand outlook for parking lots, garages, and valet parking services across the states and cities of the United States. Latent demand (in millions of U.S. dollars), or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.

    Publisher: ICON Group International, Inc. (Paperback, September 28, 2006)

    Price: Unavailable

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  • New York City Parking Survival Guide

    The NYC Motorists Parking Survival Guide, a reference book, based on current NYC parking laws and regulations, reveals the secrets of what motorists need to know in order to avoid and successfully defend against parking tickets.

    Publisher: parking Pal Company, Inc.; 2nd edition (April 1, 2008)

    Price: $25.59

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  • Shared Parking - Second Edition

    Thoroughly updated and based on all new data, the new edition of this highly respected book contains the information you need to accurately estimate parking requirements for a mixed-use setting where parking is shared among the uses.

    Publisher: Urban Land Institute, 2nd edition (Paperback, November 1, 2005)

    Price: $11.07

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  • The Architecture of Parking

    Since the invention of the car, the buildings that house them have been a source of inspiration and consternation to architects. Although many dreary car parks and garages do exist, the challenge of efficiently housing a maximum number of cars in a ...

    Publisher: Thames & Hudson (Paperback, May 25, 2009)

    Price: From $18.25

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  • The Parking Ticket Awards: Crazy Councils, Meter Madness & Traffic Warden Hell

    Barrie Segal is the author of website Appealnow.com, which is dedicated to helping people overturn their disputed parking tickets. The leading expert in the field, for the past two years he has also run the Crazy Parking Ticket Awards, for the oddest and ...

    Publisher: Anova Books, illustrated edition (September 28, 2007)

    Price: $15.98

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  • Supervising Parking Enforcement Agent

    Career Examination Passbooks (Book 2143)

    Publisher: National Learning Corporation (Plastic comb, October 1, 2005)

    Price: $39.95

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  • Hagstrom Lots New York City Parking Guide

    LOTS NYC is a parking lot guide for regular commuters to Manhattan, or visitors enjoying all the City has to offer. With LOTS NYC, finding a 24-hour lot, a cheaper lot or one that won't break the bank is as easy as reaching over to your glovebox.

    Publisher: AMC (2008)

    Price: Currently unavailable

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  • Parking Studies

    Parking Studies provides guidelines for the appropriate use of parking studies. It is intended to help decision makers gain a clear understanding of when a parking study is appropriate and what questions can be answered by the study.

    Publisher: National Parking Association (2006)

    Price: $142.99 USD

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  • Parkhäuser - Garagen

    In addition to the technical basics and planning tools the book with 400 pages supports the steps from the project idea to the realization of public car parks with the focus on client needs and the conditions for economic operation.

    Publisher: Springer, 1st edition (March 22, 2006)

    Price: From $58.83

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  • Park It! NYC: Complete Guide to Parking Garages

    The only comprehensive guide to hassle-free parking in NYC. Listings of Manhattan?s 1,100 garages include hourly/special rates, entrances/exits, credit cards, etc. 24 color maps detail garages, gas stations, car washes, landmarks.

    Publisher: Park It Guides, 2nd edition (Paperback, January 15, 2008)

    Price: $19.98

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  • The 2007-2012 World Outlook for Parking Lots, Garages, and Valet Parking Services

    This study covers the world outlook for parking lots, garages, and valet parking services across more than 200 countries. For each year reported, estimates are given for the latent demand, or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.

    Publisher: ICON Group International, Inc. (Paperback, May 18, 2006)

    Price: Unavailable

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  • The 2007-2012 Outlook for Auto Repair, Services, and Parking in India

    This study covers the latent demand outlook for auto repair, services, and parking across the states, union territories and cities of India. Latent demand (in millions of U.S. dollars), or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.

    Publisher: ICON Group International, Inc. (Paperback, September 28, 2006)

    Price: Unavailable

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  • The 2007-2012 Outlook for Auto Repair, Services, and Parking in Japan

    This study covers the latent demand outlook for auto repair, services, and parking across the prefectures and cities of Japan. Latent demand (in millions of U.S. dollars), or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.

    Publisher: ICON Group International, Inc. (Paperback, September 28, 2006)

    Price: Unavailable

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  • Beat That Parking Ticket: A Complete Guide for New York City

    Paperback: 208 pages Language: English Beat That Parking Ticket is your complete reference guide for fighting tickets, whether by mail, web, or in person. Former parking ticket judge Haskell Nussbaum reveals the secrets of how to get your parking tickets ...

    Publisher: Gravel Press, 1st edition (Paperback, November 22, 2006)

    Price: $5.75

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  • Parking Management Best Practices

    Hardcover: 292 pages Language: English The typical automobile is parked 23 hours a day. Where and how can make a big difference to economic development, traffic reduction, smart growth, historic preservation, and many other planning efforts.

    Publisher: American Planning Association (June 30, 2006)

    Price: Kindle $78.32 Print from $60.99

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  • Parking Structures: Planning, Design, Construction, Maintenance and Repair

    Now in its third edition, many industry experts consider this book the single best source of information on parking facilities. Drawing on the expertise of five of the world's leading parking structure experts, this updated edition provides the only ...

    Publisher: Springer; 3rd edition (May 25, 2007)

    Price: $449.99

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  • Supervising Parking Meter Collector

    The Supervising Parking Meter Collector Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that will likely be covered on your ...

    Publisher: National Learning Corporation (Paperback, October 2005)

    Price: $39.95

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  • Senior Parking Enforcement Agent

    Passbooks for Career Opportunities The Senior Parking Enforcement Agent Passbook® prepares you for your test by allowing you to take practice exams in the subjects you need to study. It provides hundreds of questions and answers in the areas that ...

    Publisher: National Learning Corporation (Plastic comb, October 1, 2005)

    Price: Unavailable

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  • Pavement Management for Airports, Roads, and Parking Lots

    Emphasizing sound, cost-effective management rather than emergency repairs, this comprehensive volume offers practical guidelines on evaluating and managing pavements for airports, municipalities, and commercial real estate firms.

    Publisher: Springer, 2nd edition (Hardcover, May 4, 2006)

    Price: $91.75

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  • The Feder Guide to Where to Park Your Car in Manhattan (and Where Not to Park It!)

    Lists every parking regulation on every street sign from 30th Street to Battery Park so you can plan ahead and know what the regulations are before you get to your destination Has information for more than 150 parking facilities in this same area of ...

    Publisher: Rhythmo Productions (Paperback, June 15, 2005)

    Price: Currently unavailable

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  • Evaluation of the TreviPark Automated Parking System

    This report describes a CEITEC evaluation designed to determine the benefits and limitations of TREVIPARK for use as a technically-viable automated vehicle parking system. The evaluation focused on data collection, site inspections, and analyses.

    Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers (Paperback, May 2001)

    Price: $47.00

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  • Lots of Parking: Land Use in a Car Culture

    When the automobile was first introduced, few Americans predicted its fundamental impact, not only on how people would travel, but on the American landscape itself. Instead of reducing the amount of wheeled transport on public roads, the advent of ...

    Publisher: University of Virginia Press; 1st Publication (Paperback, May 31, 2005)

    Price: From $4.00

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  • Design Live Loads for Parking Garages

    "Design Live Loads for Parking Garages" provides a better understanding of parking garage live loads and recommends an appropriate value for design. Based on a load survey conducted in nine parking garages in Chicago and Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, and ...

    Publisher: Amer Society of Civil Engineers (Paperback, September 2000)

    Price: $52.74

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  • Parking Requirements for Shopping Centers

    This is the only book available that explains how to determine the number of parking spaces you need for any type or size of shopping center.

    Publisher: Urban Land Institute, 2nd edition (October 1, 1999)

    Price: $158.00

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  • Parking Spaces

    From outdoor theaters and festival fairgrounds to scenic gardens, outdoor galleries, and historical commemoration parks, urban designer Mark Childs offers professionals a creative and practical approach to designing multipurpose parking lots for the ...

    Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing (Hardcover, January 31, 1999)

    Price: $73.90

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  • The High Cost of Free Parking

    American drivers park for free on nearly ninety-nine percent of their car trips, and cities require developers to provide ample off-street parking for every new building. The resulting cost? Today we see sprawling cities that are better suited to cars ...

    Publisher: American Planning Association, illustrated edition edition (Hardcover, March 1, 2005)

    Price: Kindle from $28.60 Print from $32.02

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Magazines and Journals

  • Parking Magazine

    Published 12 times a year and read by company owners, CEOs, senior executives and front line managers. Parking is the premier publication of the parking industry and your resource for trends, products and best practices in the parking industry.

    Publisher: National Parking Association

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  • Hanaya Magazine

    The 'Hanaya' (parking) magazine, established at 2001, is the only magazine in Israel that covers news and events regarding parking. The magazine covers and gathers developments in Israel and around the world in various aspects of parking such as ...

    Publisher: MESSER 1 Publishing

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  • Urban Parking

    Urban Parking is China's primary parking magazine that plays a very important role. It is an authoritative issue that average circulation is 15000 and has mostest parking articles. It is the only magazine for parking administrations, parking companies ...

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  • Parking Insider

    Parking Insider is a monthly e-newsletter of Parking Australia. Parking Australia is the national body representing the interests of the parking industry in Australia. Their purpose is to provide leadership, education, technical and other information ...

    Publisher: Parking Australia

    Price: free

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  • Vexpansie

    The "Vexpansie" is the news and information magazine of the VEXPAN (Vereniging van Exploitanten van Parkeeraccomodaties Nederland).

    Publisher: Vexpan

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  • Parken aktuell

    The Parken Aktuell is the quarterly news and information magazine of the "Organ des Bundesverbandes der Park- und Garagenhuser e.V.".

    Publisher: Parkhausverband

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  • Parking News

    The Monthly magazine for Parking Professionals. Produced by the British Parking Association. Parking News is the leading magazine for parking professionals. We are also the only publication circulated to all members of the British Parking Association.

    Publisher: British Parking Association

    Price: Only for members

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  • Parker Magazine

    Quarterly publication available online and in print. Parker is the premier printed and electronic publication of the Canadian Parking Association serving as the national voice of the parking industry.

    Publisher: Canadian Parking Association

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  • Parking Trend International

    Parking Trend International is the quarterly news and information magazine of the European Parking Association. Parking Trend International is available free of charge for members of the European Parking Association, or on subscription.

    Publisher: European Parking Association

    Price: Printed magazine: € 40 per year

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Parking Literature

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