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The H2H2H Foundation Advocates for Excellence in Mobility Management

Published January 1, 2017

Panama City, Republic of Panama, 1 January 2017 - Ramon L. Mota-Velasco P. of Mexico City, Mexico and Cristóbal Chao-Qing of Panama City, Republic of Panama and Macau, Republic of China are pleased to announce the formation of the H2H2H Foundation, a nonprofit, private foundation supporting the delivery of quality, commercial Mobility Management services by governmental entities, institutions, for-profit businesses and other interested parties.Continue reading →

H2H2H Needs Sponsors, Writers, Moderators & Translators

Published January 1, 2017

Like any newborn, the non-profit H2H2H Foundation requires tender, loving care and help with its many needs. One of our immediate necessities is for English-to-Spanish / Spanish-to-English translators. These are volunteer positions but could evolve over time into a paid, part-time or paid, full-time “telecommuting”, work-from-home type of position.Continue reading →

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The 12 Most Common Count Room Security Fails

Published August 19, 2018

If you count your cash in-house, minimize your risk. Experienced auditors in parking and toll operations have noted the following shortcomings commonly found with in-house count rooms:Continue reading →

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New “Parkcast” Coming Your Way: ReinventingParking.org Adds Podcast

Published August 10, 2018

The H2H2H Foundation is pleased to continue its longstanding support for the work of prolific author, blogger, consultant and academic Dr. Paul Barter of ReinventingParking.org and ReinventingTransport.org.

Hailed by Parking Magazine as a candidate to bear the mantle as “the next Don Shoup”, Paul is Australian by origin and now resides and teaches in Singapore.

He has consulted worldwide with numerous public and private entities on parking policy and has originated a number of groundbreaking thought pieces on parking management. These have included his concepts on “Walkable Parking” and the “RESPOND” model of parking management, which you can read more about on his website.

Paul is revving up his outreach with a new podcast slated to begin very soon. Anyone interested in parking policy on a municipal level would benefit from tuning in. Learn more and sign up here:

https://www.reinventingparking.org/2018/07/new-podcast-option.html

The podcast is free; however, we urge you to consider support of this nonprofit effort to spread best practices in parking and mobility management.

And if you are involved in urban transportation and mobility management, don’t forget to peruse his seminal work at ReinventingTransport.org.

The H2H2H Foundation is a nonprofit organization committed to “sharing excellence in parking and mobility management”,…Continue reading →

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Sue Flack Joins H2H2H Foundation’s LatAm Outreach Team

Published August 6, 2018

(En español, abajo)

The H2H2H Foundation proudly welcomes Sue Flack, an expert in parking and transportation, as a new member of our cutting-edge translation team. A native English speaker, she resides in Nottingham (the city of Robin Hood) in the United Kingdom (UK).

Sue originally trained as a land use planner, but soon broadened her perspective to include both transport and planning in London and Nottingham. She holds Masters’ degrees in Business Administration (MBA) and in Urban and Regional Planning.

Leading the development of Nottingham’s ground-breaking workplace parking levy (a charge on workplace parking, which provides finance for sustainable transport initiatives and discourages car commuting), Sue later became Director of Planning and Transport at Nottingham City Council. She has also consulted on international projects and since 2016 has advised local authorities in the UK on transport strategies.

In 2017, she was awarded a degree in Modern Language Studies (Spanish and French) and is currently enjoying a part-time, post-graduate course in Translation Studies.

Sue’s unique combination of transport and parking expertise, alongside language and translation abilities, will add to the resources of H2 and play an important role in its worldwide expansion.

The H2H2H Foundation is a nonprofit organization committed to…Continue reading →

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Some “Constructive” Advice

Published August 1, 2018

Some busy garage owners and managers do the same thing: they wait for their garage to “get a flat” before they understand how it was built in the first place. Like an owner’s manual, here are a few items relating to the construction of a deck that every garage owner or manager should know, do, or have handy.Continue reading →

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H2H2H Foundation Names Gary Neff to Board of Governors

Published July 31, 2018

Panama City, Republic of Panama, 5 July 2018 – The H2H2H Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of parking industry veteran Gary Neff, CEO of New York City-based Park Assist, to its Board of Governors. The Governors guide the Foundation in its overall direction, vision and mission.

The H2H2H Foundation is an international, nonprofit organization promoting excellence in the delivery of efficient and sustainable “Mobility Management” (MM) services. MM is an innovative, worldwide trend in the public parking and transportation sector.

MM promotes communication and collaboration between managers of different elements of the transportation infrastructure within a particular community. These elements might include, for example, parking facilities, public transit networks, tollways, car ferries, car/bike sharing and Intelligent Transportation Systems.

Park Assist, a subsidiary of the Netherlands-based THK Group, is a premium provider of Parking Guidance Systems (PGS) and business intelligence solutions. Park Assist pioneered the first camera-based system for parking guidance. Over the past decade, the firm has become an industry leader in PGS with successful installations spanning 35 countries.

Park Assist’s unique, patented approach combines proprietary imaging software and advanced data analytics to produce actionable parking management information affecting occupancy, security and revenues.…Continue reading →

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