Contents Upfront 03 Autumn agenda Andrew Pester on a busy season 07 Editors comment Louise Parfitt encourages you to spread your wings and fly News 08 National news 11 Companies news 42 BPA news Features 14 Aiming high From office junior to winning Young Parking Professional of the Year, Stevie Steel is creating her own positive parking agenda 16 Your best parking life How do you make a career out of parking? Sarah Juggins explores the training and development opportunities on offer 20 Solarcoaster ride RenEnergy and Avivas project to create the greenest of car parks September 2019 Issue 389 23 Green tech RingGos Peter ODriscoll looks at how parking technology is driving environmental change 24 Parking Scotland Expo Come along to hear about raising standards, effective enforcement and parking technologys mini-revolutions 27 Last-mile solutions Here Technologies is on a mission to make off-street parking easier with its accurate venue maps 28 Code compliant SCS Law considers how to prepare for the new code expected as a result of the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 31 Predicting the future Qucit explains how its Parkex-award winning enforcement software has been used to help manage parking in Paris 32 Top of the class The University of Sussex on the joy of winning the Parking Management and Travel Planning Award, and the challenges of campus life 34 Making the connection PayByPhones Jonny Combe is excited about the rise of the smart car 36 Park and stride Tom Walker from Cardiff Council on a popular new scheme that has relieved congestion, improved safety at the school gates and got pupils active 38 Shared experience Michelle Boshoff-Turner reports from the recent meeting of the Higher Education and Healthcare Interest Groups 40 Lighting the way Philip Wilcox from Wirefield on a recent environmentally friendly lighting upgrade in Norwich Regulars 45 Stepping up Glenn Dives on the BPAs recent election results 46 Park life Kelvin Reynolds looks at the importance of equity Classified 48 Specialist services directory 49 Marketplace 4 britishparking.co.uk PN Sep19 pp04-05 Contents.indd 4 22/08/2019 16:16