Donald Shoup

Donald Shoup is Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Urban Planning at UCLA. His research has focused on transportation, public finance, and land economics. In his 2005 book, The High Cost of Free Parking, Shoup recommended that cities should (1) charge fair market prices for on-street parking, (2) spend the revenue to benefit the metered areas, and (3) remove off-street parking requirements. In his 2018 edited book, Parking and the City, Shoup and 45 other academic and practicing planners examined the results in cities that have adopted these three reforms. The successful outcomes show that parking reforms can improve cities, the economy, and the environment.

Courses taught by Donald Shoup

Donald Shoup Explains Parking Reform

Donald Shoup Explains Parking Reform

Donald Shoup, distinguished research professor in the Department of Urban Planning at UCLA, is shown in this video making a typically funny and engaging presentation at CNU 27 Louisville in 2019. In the presentation, Shoup lays out the key aspects of the parking reforms from his seminal book, The High Cost of Free Parking (2005) and the follow up, Parking and the City (2018).

48 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Free
Parking Benefit Districts

Parking Benefit Districts

Cities that manage their curb parking as valuable real estate can stop subsidizing congestion, pollution, and carbon emissions. Parking Benefit Districts may be the simplest, cheapest, and fastest way to improve cities, protect the environment, and promote economic and social justice.

56 Mins
AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
The High Cost Of Minimum Parking Requirements

The High Cost Of Minimum Parking Requirements

In The High Cost of Free Parking, course instructor Donald Shoup argued that minimum parking requirements subsidize cars, increase traffic congestion, pollute the air, encourage sprawl, increase housing costs, degrade urban design, prevent walkability, damage the economy, and penalize people who cannot afford a car.

65 Mins
AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
The Right Price for Curb Parking

The Right Price for Curb Parking

Setting the right price for on-street, curb parking, requires a thorough understanding of the theory and practice of demand-based pricing.

51 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD