FIVE THINGS
FIVE GREAT GIFT IDEAS FROM THE PARKING INDUSTRY The December holidays are quickly approaching and it’s a great time of year for parking organizations to give back to their communities. Giving back puts everyone in the spirit and helps advance the parking profession locally and around the world. Here are five ideas we love.
Green parking
M76
Can al
M40
Stre et
Holiday Parking
area = free parking
M41 M40 M93 Wa ll Stre et
Map
(no permit required )
*
Fuller Pool
Parking Area Fuller Road
Make it easy for people to find parking with a holiday-season map. We love the one produced every year by the University of Michigan. See it at bit.ly/UMparkingmap. M71
Building
Museums Annex
Towsley
Taubman Center
P3
(Taubman
Drive
P4
(Simpson Circle Structure)
-Jan. 2016
1331 Ann
Stockwell
Ct
C.S. Mott Children's and Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital
HOLIDAY
Arbor Heights Center
Markley Hall
North Univ
South)
Wall St. Express Bus Route - Special season bus and Dec. 28-31 service on Dec. 24 - Runs every 7-8 minutes 6:15 am - 7:30 am - Runs every 15 minutes 7:30 am - 3:30 pm - Runs every 7-8 minutes 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm
SPH I
School of SPH II Public Health II
Hill Dining
Central Campus Recreation Bldg
P2
*
Dr.
Washington
M28
To Central Campus
Reader Urban Hts Environmental Education Center
M79 Ronald
McDonald House
M34
Legend
Kinesiology
North Hall
Dental and Kellogg Inst
Simpson Bldg
Medical Professional Bldg
Detroit Observatory M44
Alice Lloyd
Palmer Field
Center Mosher-Jordan
Central Power Plant
Palmer Drive
Undergraduate Science Building
Palmer Structure Life N26 Sciences Inst.
Simpson Circle
E Hospital
(CVC Structure)
*
M29
(Taubman MCHC North)
Holden Women's
P5
Observatory
lC e
W. Me dic a
Glen Avenue
Health Mang Res Ctr Assn for Asian Studies
Plant Services Bldg.
Health Service
Med Inn Bldg
Mott
M47
Couzens Hall
N13 Fletcher Structure
Palmer Commons
Thayer S t.
N. Ingalls
M57
M56
LSA Annex
Biomedical Science Research Bldg
Power Center
Alumni Ctr.
Michigan League
M10
‘ER’
Drive
M27
Cardiovascular Center
UpJohn Center
East Huron
Mendelssohn Theatre
M29
MedSci 1-C
Buhl
MBNI
Ann StructureM86
Dec. 2015
M7
University Hospital
Cancer Center
Med Sci 1-A
Med Sci 1-B
Taubman Medical Library
M5
Catherine Structure
Holiday Schedule
NC78
M75 Mitchell Field Building
Nichols Drive
P1
(Cancer Center Structure)
MSRB 1
MSRB 3
M36
Catherine
Ann
MSRB 2
M69
Victor Vaughan
Bldg
ve Dri er nt
M54
l Center E. Medica
M61
Glen Structure
MedSci II
Glen Court
M67
M65
300 North Ingalls
Place
M64
School of Nursing Bldg
Zina Pitcher
1018 Fuller
Future School of Nursing Addition M66
Cornwell Place
Lawrence
Cedar Bend Road
Kel Eye log Cen g ter
M50
ane den L Mai
1 3 4
Medical Campus M87
*
Requires Permit or Parking Fee Free Parking (No Permit Required) Special holiday parking will be in effect Bus Stops Inbound to CVC Outbound to Wall Street Structure December, 2015
pts.umich
.edu
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Run a Food for Fines program and let people pay off parking citations by donating to the needy. The Lexington, Ky., Parking Authority collected more than 10,000 cans last year! Check it out at bit. ly/lexpark.
Up your managerial A game PO by haworks raised the Ho w do Orgaing toward Accredited Parking you measure bar. up? nization certification. Everyone will appreciate your stellar service. Visit parking.org/ F apo to learn how.
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ind out toda y. This new prog ram recognizes a comprehensi ve standard of excellence base d on best practices and industry benc hma rks across 14 majo r categories and more than 150 crite ria.
Designed for institutional, municipal, medical, univ ersity, airport, commercial, private, and other parking prog rams, both Acc redited and Accredi ted with Dist inction criteria will guid e you and your organization to greater succ ess and recognit ion. Relevant and practical as well as goal-oriente d and visionary , APO will advance the parking indu stry and your organiza tion.
INTERNATIONAL PARKING INSTITUTE | NOVEMBER 2016
Required read ing: Downloa d the Second Edit ion of the APO Matrix and Manual for Applica
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Stress your smiles! No research needed—just embrace your inner elf and spread cheer to everyone in and out of the office. Just like that, happier holidays for all courtesy the parking industry.
ISTOCK / CATHYREECE / KEKO-KA / TIGATELU
Deploy parking ambassadors to help people find their way around town (and its parking!). The Hartford Parking Authority runs a great program—learn about it at bit.ly/hartfordparking.