Donald Shoup
Parking Titan Donald Shoup’s Legacy Continues
There's a new book and a new UCLA center honor the world's foremost expert on parking, Donald Shoup, who died in February.
October 9, 2025
Two Videos for Those Mourning and Missing Donald Shoup
For anyone that can’t get enough of "parking rock star" Donald Shoup, take a minute to remember him with these two short videos.
February 13, 2025
Tributes Pour in for Parking Reformer, Urbanist Mentor Donald Shoup
Shoup had a long and storied career in the academy, but he was also a mentor to generations of urban planners.
February 9, 2025
How Should Parking be Priced in College Towns?
Forget "Seinfeld" — the fundamental challenges of parking policy are not limited to big cities.
September 11, 2024
Donald Shoup: Here’s a Parking Policy That Works for the People
Free parking has a veneer of equality, but it is unfair. Here's a proposal from America's leading parking academic that could make it more equitable.
April 18, 2024
‘It’s So Hard to Park’: Entitled Drivers Have Been Whining for 100 Years!
It's time for a walk through history. It was never easy to park, so don't listen to today's whiners.
January 31, 2023
Analysis: The Decline and Fall of Mandatory Parking Minimums
Was 2021 the year that U.S. planners finally lost faith in minimum parking requirements? It certainly seems so.
January 31, 2022
‘An Epic Mistake’: Donald Shoup Reflects on America’s Parking Failure
"There are so many ways in which we’d be better off if we reformed our parking policy: reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, nitrous oxide emissions, particulate pollution, traffic crashes. Urban planners have made epic mistakes in almost all of their parking policies. But now they can fix it."
November 19, 2021
The Parking Reform Network Comes of Age
“We’re all here because when we look at a new surface parking lot, or see a lot being dug up for an apartment’s underground garage, we understand these are just the surface expressions of a sinister force." -Parking Reform Network founder Tony Jordan, via Bike Portland's Jonathan Maus
October 21, 2021
Study: Yes, More Parking Does Put More Cars on the Road
A new study finds something transportation reformers have long suspected, but never proven.
February 10, 2021
