Parking Mobility

So you want your city to adopt Parking Mobility? That’s great, but where to start? We have assembled the following checklist to help make it easy for you. This will show you how to engage with your city to demonstrate why Parking Mobility is good for you, your city and your community:

1. You’re not alone!

You may ask yourself: how can I get my city to adopt Parking Mobility by myself? Well, the answer is power in numbers. Governments are far more responsive to an organized group than one individual. Through organizing a group of fellow citizens who are passionate about addressing disabled parking abuse, you will be more convincing to your city that:

• Disabled parking abuse is a real issue affecting a significant percentage of the community and
• Parking Mobility is the best answer to that problem by allowing the individuals who need disabled parking to report violations

2. Leverage our partner organizations

Your first step is to let us know that you want to help with your city. Call us at (512) 782-4368 or email us at contact@parkingmobility.com. We will connect you with our partner organizations in your community which are also endorsing Parking Mobility, including:

• Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
• Easter Seals
• Paralyzed Veterans of America
• United Cerebral Palsy
• United Spinal Association

3. Emphasize the key benefits

City officials are strapped for time, and so it is important to quickly identify how the city will benefit from Parking Mobility:

• Generates significant additional revenue for your city without any cost
• Reports to cities include all violation information required of renforcement (photos, GPS coordinates, time stamp and user info)
• Law enforcement cannot be everywhere…all the time
• People with disabilities are best suited to report violations since they are the ones using the disabled parking
• Improves accessibility in your city and engages citizens

4. Advocate

Inform your community – your personal network, local newspapers and radio and tv stations – that disabled parking abuse represents a real issue affecting a significant percentage of the community. Discuss how even if enforcement was a priority for the city, law enforcement cannot be everywhere…all the time. In fact, the best way to tackle disabled parking abuse is to put the reporting power in the hands of the people who need disabled parking. Which is what Parking Mobility does.

5. (again) You’re not alone!

If you are running into roadblocks or need more material, always remember that Parking Mobility supports you throughout the process. We talk to cities regularly and can assist With your local community effort we can support your discussions and engagement with your city to get Parking Mobility in place.