Membership Benefits & Services

Membership Benefits & Services

Publications

The Parking Professional: the industry's leading publication and the only monthly magazine devoted exclusively to parking. Featuring articles on current practice and trends and addressing specific industry issues.
Who's Who in Parking: the IPI annual directory and membership data book. This invaluable networking tool contains operational descriptions of member organizations; regular, consultant and supplier listings and IPI staff and board information.
Annual IPI Parking Buyers Guide & Consultants Directory: a comprehensive and descriptive listing of parking industry suppliers, their products and services.
Publication Catalog: the industry's most extensive compilation of parking-related articles, papers, reports, presentations, audio and video tapes.
Benchmarking the Parking Profession: A Statistical Guide to Parking: a periodic compilation of facts and figures related to parking - number of spaces, rates, income, expenses, etc.
State/Regional Parking Association Manual: designed specifically to help state and regional parking associations plan their programs and educational sessions, govern themselves, recruit members, communicate effectively, and plan their meetings.
ADA Parking Compliance Manual: The most comprehensive publication covering the Americans With Disabilities Act and parking operations, the ADA Parking Compliance Manual includes more than 250 pages of analysis, illustration, and guidelines, along with a 22-page parking facility checklist.

Professional Development

International Parking Conference and Exposition: the world's largest annual conference of parking professionals, consultants and suppliers. Four days of educational sessions, roundtable discussions, product information and social events.
Educational Seminars: up to ten educational seminars are conducted around the country throughout the year, often in conjunction with state/regional parking associations. Subjects range from revenue control to airport parking operations and from campus/hospital parking to facility construction and on-street enforcement.
Executive Briefings: one-day sessions detailing "hot" topics of immediate interest, often relating to new legislation.
Technical Library: an excellent resource for members, the library houses research and survey results, conference proceedings, articles, books, journals, and tapes on parking management and related issues.
Technical Information Service: assistance in finding answers to technical questions and specific parking problems from an IPI staff professional.
Certified Administrator of Public Parking (CAPP) Program: offered in cooperation with the University of Virginia, this program is designed to recognize the highest level of professionalism available to the parking industry.
Networking Opportunities: IPI offers information sharing and problem solving channels along with numerous occasions to expand your professional network and gain access to the decision makers in the parking profession.
State/Regional Associations: IPI provides assistance to state and regional parking associations and encourages interaction, the exchange of information and mutual support between these groups and IPI.
Training Program: The International Parking Institute now offers an important service which provides training to your parking employees...on-site, at your location. Using a faculty of professionally-trained instructors with extensive parking experience, IPI will conduct training classes for frontline, supervisory, and management employees on customer service issues, confrontation avoidance, and other important topics. And the programs are provided at an extremely competitive per-person rate.

General Benefits

Credit Card Services: IPI has partnered with First National Merchant Solutions to provide association members with comprehensive, competitive point-of-sale solutions: credit and debit card processing, check guarantee/conversion, gift card and loyalty programs. Contact our offices for more information.