Fork in the Road

In Chicago, Illinois, USA, the City Tech Collaborative urban solutions accelerator launched the Millennium Gateway Innovation Lab, a publicprivate partnership where teams help reconsider the future of the parking lot. The first challenge: 353,031 square meters (3.8 million square feet) of underground parking garages beneath the city’s Millennium Park.

“With 85 years remaining on a long-term operating agreement, Millennium Garages has a vested interest in the future of parking,” says Jamie Ponce, who leads strategic partnerships for the Lab. “Together with other parking facilities, leading management companies, technology providers, policymakers and other urban innovators, Millennium Garages and the Innovation Lab are working to integrate parking into broader transportation systems, improve customer experience, strengthen operations and explore new space uses.”

Read the full article at Project Management Institute.