Parking Enforcers/Legislators

Texas Interim Report: A Review of Accessible Parking for Persons with Disabilities

During the 84th Legislative Session, House Bill 1317 charged the Texas Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities to study accessible parking issues. Areas mandated for study included accessible parking laws and requirements in Texas and other states; the ADA and related federal regulations, 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design, and 2012 Texas Accessibility Standards; and accessible parking policies for state-owned parking lots and the Texas State Capitol grounds. This report discusses findings that emerged from data gathered from sources including public testimony, surveys distributed to persons with disabilities and businesses, state multi-agency meetings, and similarly-situated organizations in other states.

Source Credit: Texas Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities
View Online: https://gov.texas.gov/organization/disabilities/goals

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2018-09-13T02:09:54+00:00Categories: .pdf, Comprehensive City or State Report, Parking Enforcers/Legislators, Texas, Texas Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities|Tags: , |

Can Induced Empathy Cause Behavioral Change? A Pilot Study of Alternative Signage to Reduce Accessible Parking Space Violations

A pilot study that tested the effectiveness of an empathy targeting sign on decreasing the number of parking violations in accessible parking spaces for people with disabilities was conducted in Fairfax County. Observational data was collected during a six-week A-B-A design. During the treatment period the empathy targeting sign was placed below the traditional signs at four accessible parking spaces. Although no statistically significant differences were observed in parking behaviors, notable trends in the desired direction were seen during the treatment period (a reduction in the number of violations and an increase in the number of potential violations where drivers seemingly changed their minds about parking in the accessible spaces).

Source Credit: Michael Waltrip, Ami Getu, (George Mason University), Michael Perel (Fairfax Area Commission on Aging)

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2018-09-13T02:39:36+00:00Categories: .pdf, Fairfax Area Commission on Aging, George Mason University, Parking Enforcers/Legislators, Research/Survey, Signage, Virginia|Tags: |

Los Angeles Accessible Parking Policy Advisory Committee Report

In summer 2016, a Los Angeles committee on Accessible Parking was formed at the request of Mayor Garcetti. This stakeholder group was comprised of disability rights advocates, transportation experts, and other stakeholder representatives. The group was charged with better understanding the complex issues around accessible parking, and coming up with a series of recommended solutions. The group met for nearly nine months, arriving at a package of policy recommendations to increase access to street parking for disabled drivers and reducing parking placard misuse.

Source Credit: City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation

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2018-09-13T02:22:37+00:00Categories: .pdf, California, Comprehensive City or State Report, Los Angeles Dept. of Transportation, Parking Enforcers/Legislators|Tags: , |

The Two-Tier Solution

Leading parking experts and urban planners, Donald Shoup and Fernando Torres-Gil, present a plan for ending disabled placard abuse at parking meters.

Source Credit: The Parking Professional Magazine, International Parking and Mobility Institute

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2018-10-18T16:05:02+00:00Categories: .pdf, Article/Blog post, International Parking and Mobility Institute, National in Scope, Parking Enforcers/Legislators, Placard/Plate Issuers|Tags: , , , |
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