HELP APC AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME
Parking enforcers are our best eyes on the scene – and legislators can create laws and regulations that help enforcers enforce. We know parking enforcement is challenging and enforcers often unfairly bear the brunt of parking abusers. We know you are often short on staff and the time required for effective sting operations. Yet many jurisdictions are developing policies and laws to effect change, and we’re working to support them. Share resources here.
SEE ALSO: U.S. Access Board Resources and Comprehensive City & State Reports
Stay in the Lines Coloring Page!
At the Southlake DPS, we try to avoid snark and sass (we REALLY do ?), [...]
Semi-Annual Reminder RE: Disabled Parking Space Use–Sign
We use this sign in conjunction with periodic campus-wide campaigns to help educate about the [...]
Semi-Annual Reminder RE: Disabled Parking Space Use–Notice
We send this notice campus-wide twice per year to help educate about the need to [...]
Deterring Access Aisle Parking Violations
The ability to safely park at one’s destination is an important component of community participation [...]
Encouraging Reservation of Van Designated Spaces for Lift-or-Ramp-Equipped Van Users
The ability to safely park at one’s destination is an important component of community participation [...]
Draft Legislation – Tiered Parking Meter Exemption
Currently disability parking permits provide a parking meter fee exemption. By law it is 2.5 [...]
State of Illinois Parking Program for Persons with Disabilities Law Enforcement Guide
State of Illinois Parking Program for Persons with Disabilities Law Enforcement Guide. Source Credit: Office [...]
SFMTA-Parking Meter Revenue Audit Report
2014 Controllers Report on barriers that prevent the SFMTA from collecting the maximum potential parking [...]
Model Legislation – Colorado
This document contains model legislation for a two-tier placard act signed into law May 29th, [...]
Texas 2016 Study on Accessible Parking and Disabled Placard Abuse: A Status Update
The Texas Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities presented an overview of its study on [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Los Angeles Accessible Parking Policy Advisory Committee Report
In summer 2016, a Los Angeles committee on Accessible Parking was formed at the request [...]
The Two-Tier Solution
Leading parking experts and urban planners, Donald Shoup and Fernando Torres-Gil, present a plan for [...]