Sessions: Wednesday, June 11

IPMI Parking & Mobility Conference & Expo
June 8-11, 2025

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Education Sessions: Wednesday, June 11

All Education sessions sponsored by: 
 

Wednesday, June 11

8 – 9:00 a.m.

 

AI-Powered Parking Rates: A Collaborative Innovation      

Presenters: Russell Wiant, TEZ; Tina Reid, Pivot Parking  

A technology provider and an operator will share a case study highlighting their collaborative effort to simplify parking rate management through AI. The presentation will feature a live demo so attendees can see how plain-text inputs can seamlessly generate complex parking rates to streamline operations and maximize revenue. The presentation will also explore the benefits of this cutting-edge technology and the potential of AI-powered automation to revolutionize parking management. 

Objectives:  

  • Understand how a strategic partnership between a technology provider and a parking operator can accelerate innovation in the parking industry. 
  • Learn how Generative AI simplifies the creation and management of complex rate structures with a live demo showcasing its real-world application. 
  • Explore the impact of beta testing AI-driven technologies in parking operations and how adopting early-stage innovations can create competitive advantages. 

 

Atlanta’s Vision Zero: Improving Bike Lane Safety through Guided Enforcement  

Presenters: Kelly Ferguson, Automotus, Inc.; Calvin Watts, City of Atlanta, Georgia; Robert Kamper and Danyell Little, Metropolis 

The City of Atlanta recently adopted the international Vision Zero campaign aimed at creating safer streets. The city entered a partnership to implement an innovative guided enforcement initiative to enhance the safety of bicycle lanes. This presentation will address Vision Zero objectives, the team’s efforts to facilitate program goals, and the challenges faced. It will highlight the data obtained and how it is now being utilized to maximize safe biking experiences in Atlanta.  
 
Objectives:  
  • Understand the international Vision Zero initiative and how Atlanta’s bicycle safety initiative supports the program's goals and objectives.   
  • Learn about implementing the bicycle safety initiative, including technology installation, stakeholder engagement, data capture and analysis, and more.   
  • Gain insights into the data obtained during the initial program phase, the patterns identified, and how this data will enhance bicycle safety throughout the city and expand the bicycle lane network. 


I Built My Garage in 1997 - How Would I Build It Today? Planning, Design, and Construction Concerns for Modern Parking & Mobility   

Presenters: Jeff Pinyot, BSCE, ECO Parking Technologies; Kevin White, AICP; CAPP, Walker Consultants; Blake Clamp, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.; John Hammerschlag, Hammerschlag & Co., Inc. 

A successful parking garage was designed and built in Chicago in 1997. What would be done differently if that same garage was built in 2025? While many parking garage planning, design, and construction techniques have stood the test of time, several best practices have evolved significantly. A panel of IPMI Planning, Design, and Construction (PDC) Committee parking experts will comment on categories of interest, including planning, design, material selection, safety, technology, and more.  

Objectives:  

  • Discuss the most significant challenges to planning, designing, and constructing parking facilities and systems in today’s climate of technology and innovation. 
  • Evaluate solutions to those challenges and how PDC professionals are helping clients position themselves for success and future growth. 
  • Examine stories of organizations that have recently built or upgraded their facilities and learn how to apply their success to your project.
 

Solving the Healthcare Parking Puzzle  

Presenter: Matt Davis, Watry Design, Inc.

Healthcare facilities face more challenges than ever, from aging facilities to staff shortages, and one of the biggest critical challenges is parking. We will look at innovative ways healthcare facilities have tackled space challenges, integrated parking with administrative space to unlock other areas of campus for clinical use, and leverage parking technology and other creative solutions to make parking more intuitive. 

Objectives:  
  • Examine the challenges of locating parking at a healthcare campus and the innovative ways hospitals have overcome them, including automated parking facilities. 
  • Explore different ways hospitals have brought ancillary functions into parking structures to capitalize on premium locations. 
  • Discover how parking technology can help space-constrained hospital campuses maximize their existing parking.
 

9:30 - 10:30 a.m. 
 

A Decade of Parking Technology: Predictions, Progress, and Future Needs   

Presenters: Carmen Donnell, CAPP, PayByPhone; Nick Mazzenga, PE, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.

Join us for a retrospective look at the evolution of parking technology over the past decade. By revisiting the IPMI Technology Committee’s past presentations, we will explore how various parking technologies have developed, identifying the catalysts that facilitated their adoption and the barriers that hindered others. We will also examine current technologies, discussing what is missing or needed for broader adoption. 

Objectives: 

  • Analyze the evolution of parking technologies. Participants will gain an understanding of how parking technologies have evolved over the past decade, including key milestones and turning points. 
  • Identify catalysts and barriers to learn what factors influenced the adoption of certain parking technologies while others have struggled to gain traction. 
  • Evaluate current and future needs to assess the current state of parking technologies and identify what is needed for these technologies to achieve broader adoption and success in the future.

 

For More Than the Cruise Industry: Managing Growth Through Technology and Operational Enhancements  

Presenters: Julio De Leon, Port of Galveston, Texas; Jeff Becker, Thomas Perkins, PSX Inc.; Dylan Prep, Parking Guidance Systems, LLC 

The Port of Galveston has seen an increase of over one million passengers in the last two years. Hear the story of the Port of Galveston's parking and ground transportation department enhancements and how they have improved their operations and bottom line to be better positioned for future growth as the Port becomes an increasingly significant player in the cruise industry. 

Objectives: 

  • Explain how the parking and ground transportation department at the Port has been enhancing its operations using technology. 
  • Learn how reservation, revenue controls, digital signage, and ground transportation improvements impacted operations. 
  • Evaluate how to handle a significant increase in passengers in a short amount of time. 

 


Illuminating the New Driver Experience: Innovation Trends, Demands, and Impact Opportunities for Your Business   

Presenters: Dan Roarty, Flash; RJ Juliano, Parkway Corporation 

Gone are the days of accidental parking. With a few taps, drivers are navigating to a booked destination. As speed and ease increase, customer expectations rise. Join us for a spirited discussion of innovation trends grounded in the reality of a top regional owner/operator’s journey and business impacts. Learn how technology enables and obligates our industry, what drivers today expect, and what they will demand tomorrow. 

Objectives:  

  • Hear how technology enables and accelerates the parking industry. 
  • Learn the expectations of today’s drivers and how those expectations will evolve in the future. 
  • Discover how to navigate, participate, and thrive in this changing environment.  


Transforming Transit Training: Efficiency and Flexibility Unleashed   

Presenter: Chase Friddle, Texas A&M University, College Station        

The university transit system, which serves six million passengers annually, faced challenges hiring and retaining student drivers due to a short employment period and a lengthy onboarding process. By increasing full-time trainers, raising pay, and implementing an online scheduling system, the operation improved retention, streamlined training, and achieved full staffing for the first time in years. The new system allows trainees to progress at their own pace while maximizing trainer efficiency. 

Objectives:  

  • Analyze the challenges of hiring and retaining student workers within a large university transit system, identifying key factors that disrupt the training and onboarding process. 
  • Design an efficient onboarding and training schedule using online tools, ensuring that trainees progress optimally and trainers are utilized effectively. 
  • Evaluate the impact of implemented strategies on staffing levels and training efficiency, using measurable outcomes to determine areas for further improvement.

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