PSR
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I asked a manager of parking site why they don’t go for TAPA certification, he responded by saying “Why should I? My site is secure and full”. I struggled to think of a response to that. Can you give me an idea of how I should answer this question next time I see him?
Not all parking operators are pro-active on advertising their security status when their parking site is full. I would suggest mentioning to that Manager the economic angle. The parking site you visited may have a good business model and they do not want the added burden of compliance to a voluntary certification scheme. However, TAPA hopes to change attitudes in next few years. By influencing more and more parking operators to adopt PSR as an industry security standard. This will allow truck operators to seek and find safe and secure parking locations for their trucks. Eventually even the manager of the parking place you spoke with should see the growing demand for “certified” parking. To protect their revenue, we would hope they see the sense in obtaining PSR certification. You could also provide them with TAPA contact details, we would be very happy to discuss the benefits of TAPA certification with them.
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As a route planner, I sometimes use the TAPA Intelligence Service on the TIS website that also has parking locations and a route mapping function. I like the system, but it does not list all the parking sites that I have to use. How can these sites be added to the system?
Give us the details on your parking sites, we will contact them and advise them how they can obtain PSR certification and be included in our mapping and route planning tool. Additionally, we have materials that advertise the PSR certification benefits and can be given to you for sharing with non-certified sites.
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I can’t find TAPA Certified parking for my trucks in the areas that I operate in. Why is that and what can we do about this?
TAPA EMEA PSR certification growth has gone from 0 to over 70 in 2 years. A great start but far from enough and we are making plans to achieve 500 TAPA classified sites within the next 3 years. You can help us by asking the non-TAPA parking sites you use to consider TAPA PSR certification. Also give us the details about parking sites you use and if we have not done so already, we will contact them.
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Why is TAPA promoting use of its own Parking Security Requirements (PSR) when the EU will introduce its own Parking Security standard? Surely 1 standard for the industry would make more sense?
TAPA agrees, one standard for the industry would make sense but we have to start from a low point to get there! Existing secure truck parking availability and standards are not adequate for today’s demand or risks. TAPA has responded to its members requests to get involved and help improve this situation. TAPA has introduced its own PSR scalable rating scheme that is supported by a TAPA certification system similar to our other standards. The TAPA PSR certification system is available now and is aligned with TAPA’s incident information and mapping service IIS.
The EU’s Safe and Secure Parking seeks to address similar concerns but the roadmap for its formal introduction is still being considered and it may be some time before it is formally introduced. It will then take more time to see parking sites adopt the new system.
Our long-term goal is to work with the EU and align both TAPA and the EU’s parking initiatives. We believe by offering the TAPA PSR now, we can help capture many of the parking locations in a certification scheme. These sites will allow more parking options for users. The TAPA registered sites will eventually provide an easy transition to meeting the new EU and/or TAPA standards when they are available. We will keep you posted on developments.
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I agree with TAPA that we need more security parking capacity across the whole region. This is quite a challenge. How will TAPA help change things?
This is a moving target, and we don’t have all the answers right now. We want to promote TAPA PSR and also align with the EU SSTPA parking standard. Both standards being successful will give a far better chance to raise parking capacity. How we partner with the EC and other organizations to promote parking will be a key focus area for TAPA in the coming years. We will also have our own initiatives to influence parking operators and parking site users to consider adopting PSR, this will include training TAPA members as “Ambassadors” and the introduction a new PSR marketing campaign
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I want to use secure parking sites for my trucks in transit. I find that there are not enough sites with parking places available or they expensive to use. What is TAPA’s view of this situation and why do you think your PSR standard will make any difference?
Unfortunately, the problem of lack of safe and secure parking for trucks is not new. There are many reasons why this situation exists, and it will require industry and national governments to collaborate on finding realistic solutions. Existing secure parking schemes are fragmented and provide limited coverage. This needs to change. The EU has just completed a study and is looking to introduce a safe and secure parking standard, but it may be sometime before this is formally launched.
The introduction of TAPA PSR was in direct response from our members to play a role in addressing the “lack of parking” problem. We cannot solve this on our own but hope to make a meaningful contribution.
We hope the PSR certification scheme which includes information of approved parking locations and access to incident data for risk assessment use, will be successful in attracting many existing parking place owners to adopt the standard and become more visible to the industry. We are also committed to align with the EU and other regulators who are considering introducing similar standards. It is our stated goal that adopting TAPA PSR will be a stepping stone aligning with any future regulatory standards. It makes no sense to have competing or different standards, but TAPA wants to play a role now and in the future in managing the certification and promoting the use of parking sites. Because TAPA PSR is available for use now the growth is new users is gaining momentum. So, we believe PSR has a very important role in advance of future regulatory parking requirements and also when regulations are introduced a continued role in promoting the availability and use of safe and secure parking.
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I heard that PSR was linked to incident data. Can you explain how this works?
PSR comes with some cool additional features. Members of TAPA with access to TIS, TAPA Intelligence System, can also access the Security Parking Online Tool (SPOT). SPOT allows a user to access to a map that can be used to plan a route for their trucks and plot incidents alongside that route, so a heat map can be produced. As parking sites join the TAPA scheme their location and details will also be plotted on the map, so users will have a simple way to identify risks and find parking solutions.
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I saw an older version of PSR. What’s new in PSR 2018?
The older version was PSR 2017 and was a pilot version. It contained one security level and numerous options on how to become involved in the scheme. PSR 2018 now contains 3 security levels and the involvement of approved independent audit bodies to complete the certification. As with FSR and TSR there is also a self-certification option for level 3.
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Why do we need PSR?
A lack of suitable parking areas, more trucks on our roads, the attractive target a truck present to criminals all combine and results in the fact that unsecured parking places are the largest theft category in the TAPA Incident Information System. Many previous initiatives to tackle unsecured parking have failed. In response to members concerns and our success with our other standards (Facility and Truck Security Requirements), TAPA has decided now is the time to manage our own scheme for our own members and the Supply Chain Industry. We hope our efforts will convince hundreds of parkin place operators to join our scheme and provide effective and affordable parking for our industry.
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What is the PSR and who is it intended for?
The PSR is the latest standard from TAPA. It is a security standard for the operators of truck parking areas that want to use an industry standard that will be widely recognised by shippers and the logistics industry. We aim to significantly grow the footprint of available TAPA approved parking areas
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What happens to ideas for changes to standards that are sent to TAPA?
If submitted during the period when change requests for new revisions are being considered all change requests will acknowledged and the sent to the change control board for review. The decision of the committee will be communicated back the originator. If the change request is submitted outside of the revision cycle the requests will be filed until the revision cycle window is opened and then reviewed by the change control board.
