Image via Wikipedia Controlling parking space is essential to ensure a consistent throughput of traffic to your business location.  Contrary to popular belief, providing free parking does not increase customer walk-in traffic and in fact, more usually decreases walk-ins because of non-availability of parking space – your largest area is typically utilized by people by [...]

Offering customer parking facilities has long been viewed as essential for attracting customers to your business, and especially for retail outlets.  Offering free parking is not the end of the story however, because “free” parking comes with a cost to your business and if you are not controlling who is using this service, and especially [...]

Image via Wikipedia Hoboken is a New Jersey city which butts up against Manhattan – it occupies only one square mile, but every year, more than one million motorists use Hoboken to park their cars in – a huge headache for the city and for parking enforcement.  Using traditional parking enforcement techniques such as paper [...]

Humble parking permits rarely make the news but you may be surprised at how politically charged the issue of parking and the prospective regulation of where you can park your car on a weekday or weekend becomes. Albany in upstate New York is a great example of how parking laws which may seem so simple [...]

Sourcing parking hang tags for your merchandising needs has never been easier with the internet making supplier choice so much easier.  This said there are drawbacks and you need to be clear on what you are looking for in a supply partner. Many suppliers operating on the internet offer great deals and discounts and you [...]

Controlling your parking, issuing parking permits  and making sure only authorized staff and users take advantage of your facilities is one of those aspects of running a business which can give you a major headache, but really, is a minor issue which shouldn’t be dominating your time.   Unfortunately, human nature being what it is, you [...]

I’ve started a new job and they made me get a parking permit. A parking permit? How official! I guess every company has its own procedures. My Human Resources Manager asked me to keep note of my feelings about having a parking permit over the next two weeks and to report back. So I’ll share [...]

The daily school run is a major cause of traffic congestion in the peak morning rush hour, despite the widespread use of school buses. The problem is compounded with the safety issue of congested traffic trying to get children to school safely whilst other road users are also trying to get into work.  The problem [...]

Image via Wikipedia So you’re starting your own company? Congratulations! If you’re starting your own company then you’ve got a lot to handle. Well we’re going to add one more thing to your plate: parking labels. Parking labels for your employees are very important. For safety and morale – parking labels are quite useful. Let’s [...]