Photo contest 2016

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An Unknown Autonomous Future

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Los Angeles and Vision Zero

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A Very Different Future

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FEBRUARY 2017

PHOTORRIFIC! 2016 Photo Contest Winners

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PHOTO Announcing the winners of the 2016 The Parking Professional Photo Contest They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and we beholders at The Parking Professional saw lots of it while judging this year’s photo contest. A record number of entries made this year’s judging tougher than ever for IPI staff, but we soldiered through, gnashing our teeth and flipping through entries lots of times before choosing this year’s winners.

Category winners each receive a free online course from IPI. Our best-in-show photographer won a free registration to the 2017 IPI Conference & Expo, May 21–24 in New Orleans, La. (ipiconference.parking.org). Thanks to all of our participants. We hope everyone enjoys this year’s winners and a few bonus photos we had to show off.

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BEST IN SHOW David Onorato, CAPP, executive director of the Public Parking Authority of Pittsburgh, took this shot of a Sherman tank in its own reserved parking space (artillery has its privileges?) at the Senator John Heintz History Center in Pittsburgh, Pa. The 1944 M4 Sherman fought in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II and was moved to the history center in June 2015; it weighs a massive 38 tons.

RRIFIC!

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EQUIPMENT Renee Rounds, creative manager at IPS Group, took this great shot of a parking meter in front of the historic Fox Oakland Theater while on a trip there. The theater opened in 1928, closed in 1965, underwent a complete refurbishment beginning in 1999, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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LOT Larry Cohen, CAPP, executive director of the Lancaster Parking Authority, captured an unusual parking lot mural in Philadelphia.

STRUCTURE Few things are as gorgeous as trees in the autumn, and they’re even better when they live in front of a beautiful parking garage. Dennis Burns, CAPP, shot this photo at the Mayo Clinic in autumn.

OFFBEAT We love this shot from Eric Haggett, associate at DESMAN. He found this sign painted on the back of a truck chassis in the parking lot of a brewery outside Ithaca, N.Y., where it directs patrons to overflow parking.

PEOPLE Sharon Zuk, operations assistant in the parking and transportation department at the Denver International Airport, went along for the ride when her office colleagues took it to the roof, dancing up a storm to show their appreciation for their customers. Dance on, guys—we love it!

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PHOTORRIFIC! RUNNERS-UP There were so many beautiful photos submitted to this year’s contest, we had to share a few runners-up. Many thanks to everyone for participating.

Keep your eyes peeled this fall for the next competition!

Photo by Richard Tebinka

Photo by Ryan Branco

Photo by Ryan D. Willis

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Photo by William Wasser

Photo by Renee Rounds parking.org/tpp

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