Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Donald Shoup

‘An Epic Mistake’: Donald Shoup Reflects on America’s Parking Failure

By Kea Wilson | Nov 19, 2021 | No Comments

"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."

Parking Reform Network Co-founder Tony Jordan at a fundraiser Sunday night. All Photos: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland

The Parking Reform Network Comes of Age

By Jonathan Maus | Oct 21, 2021 | No Comments

“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

photo of parking lot at affordable housing development in Hillsboro, OR

Study: Yes, More Parking Does Put More Cars on the Road

By Michael Andersen | Feb 10, 2021 | No Comments

A new study finds something transportation reformers have long suspected, but never proven.

Opinion: Parking Tech Can Help City Equity

By Jordan Justus | Feb 9, 2021 | No Comments

On an average day, the typical car owner doesn’t give much thought to parking, beyond whether they will luck out and find a spot to park when they reach their destination. And here's why that has to change.

Donald Shoup, an Appreciation

By Patrick Siegman | Mar 30, 2015 | 14 Comments

On Tuesday, the news came that after 41 years of teaching at UCLA, Donald Shoup, distinguished professor of urban planning, will retire. For all of us who have had our paths in life profoundly influenced by his research, writing, and teaching on parking and transportation, it’s a good time to reflect. I never got to […]

Shoup: Free Parking to Blame for California’s Solo Car Commuting Habit

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 13, 2012 | 5 Comments

Nonprofit reporting group California Watch recently looked at how Californians travel to work and concluded that free parking provided by the state’s employers is leading to a lot of street-clogging solo car commuting. Californians are only slightly more likely than the average American to carpool (11.4 percent) or ride public transit (5.2 percent) to work, and […]

Show More Stories