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pedestrian lifts and an overall better user experience. He
also pointed out that an automated car-parking system
could enable earning points for Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design certification on account of no
vehicle emissions, limited lighting requirements, smaller
footprints and lower volumes (high densities) and 100%
covered parking space.
The third paper was presented by Dave Hill of the
Winnipeg Parking Authority, who gave an enforcer’s perspective.
He was clear that parking regulation and compliance
was the key to managing parking.
The final paper was by Roamy Valera of Standard
Parking Corp., who brought the grassroots experience of
a parking enforcement officer. He suggested that the
annual global revenue from parking was around US$25
billion. Valera emphasized the public-relationship responsibility
of parking enforcement officers and detailed how
the private sector could be involved in enforcement.
The other streams were well received, as was evident
from the rapt attention of the audience. The exhibitors,
too, had their hands fairly full with the extent of interest
from the visitors.
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Considering the horrendous parking problems in the
metros of India, it is not surprising that in recent times,
news on parking issues are getting highlighted. On the
other hand, the proposed solutions lack practicality. The
symposium definitely provoked your author’s thinking
process and is an idea that needs to be brought to the
congested metros of India.
TAK Mathews has about two decades of experience in the verticaltransportation
industry. His experience extends to all aspects of the industry,
covering projects and construction, service and modernization, and planning
and sales of elevators and escalators. In India, he has been responsible for the
vertical-transportation requirements of many prestigious projects and has been
directly involved with many modernization projects. As a qualified civil engineer,
Mathews has conducted seminars and presentations on the subjects of vertical
transportation, technological advancements in the field and traffic analysis.
Mathews has been a representative on the ET25 panel constituted by the
Bureau of Indian Standards for rewriting the elevator and escalators codes and
for the elevator section of the National Building Codes. He is also a member
of the International Association of Elevator Engineers, National Association
of Elevator Contractors, NAESA International and the Indian Institute of
Engineers. Mathews studied engineering at the University of Dar es Salaam, and
received his MBA from the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra and Executive
Development at the IMD, Lausanne.