Basis of Presentation - Additional Information (Detail) (Parking, USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2012	Jan. 31, 2011
Parking
Organization and Principal Activities [Line Items]
Revenues related solely to the reimbursement of expenses	$ 77.8	$ 73.4

Repayment received or receivable for expenses incurred on behalf of a client or customer, other than those reimbursements received by landlords from tenants.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6880815&loc=d3e20235-122688

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 605

-SubTopic 45

-Section 45

-Paragraph 23

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6743974&loc=d3e60722-111653

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