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Thursday, December 20, 2007

Illustrating Parking Reform with Dr. Shoup

by Elizabeth Press on December 20, 2007

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On his recent visit to New York, Dr. Donald Shoup, professor of Urban Planning at UCLA, sat down with Mark Gorton of the Open Planning Project in front of a typical NYC street grid map to discuss parking policy.

Shoup concludes that charging more for curbside parking would free up more parking space, reduce congestion-causing cruising and generate funds for local street improvement projects.

Related StreetFilm: Dr. Shoup: Parking Guru

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Last comment by BV
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    killer catch

    the integration of the animation was really helpful in understanding dr. shoup's message. a positive addition to streetfilms' style.

    December 20, 2007 at 12:45 pm Link # 1
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    editor

    Thanks for this useful film. It cogently explains what Dr. Shoup spent 600 pages laying out in his now-famous tome "The High Cost of Free Parking."

    December 21, 2007 at 2:15 pm Link # 2
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    Mike Linksvayer » LimeParking

    [...] written about Donald Shoup’s The High Cost of Free Parking twice. Watch a five minute video illustrating his [...]

    December 29, 2007 at 7:19 pm Link # 3
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    Une vision cinétique du parking «

    [...] une vidéo réalisée par Streetblogs, Donald Shoup illustre la réformer du parking : en voirie, la [...]

    January 3, 2008 at 6:31 am Link # 4
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    ogaanderse

    While these are interesting and informative pieces, they are very frustrating to watch, because they stop every five to ten seconds to load.

    January 14, 2008 at 4:10 pm Link # 5
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    Dorothy Le

    This is great. Very good illustration. Nice job! I took a class with Dr. Shoup. He is great.

    January 24, 2008 at 5:40 pm Link # 6
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    Film & Animation

    Film & Animation...

    Excellent article - thanks for sharing!...

    February 1, 2008 at 9:00 pm Link # 7
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    Andrew Dawson

    It basic supply and demand.

    February 10, 2008 at 1:24 am Link # 8
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    The Goodspeed Update » Blog Archive » The Urbanists’ Panacea: Parking Reform

    [...] used to directly improve the streets where it is collected. This thesis is creatively explained in this short film produced by New York’s Open Planning [...]

    February 24, 2008 at 6:37 pm Link # 9
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    BV

    The costs and benefits of this plan really depend on the unique perspectives of those who live, work, and own businesses in the affected areas.

    For some consumers with able means this idea is fantastic as they can park quickly for a nominal fee. Businesses catering to this in and out crowd may profit from higher customer turnover.

    For service workers parking while at work it could hurt. 5 dollar an hour parking is not practical for those only making minimum wage. This may hurt the potential quality employment pool for street businesses not near transit hubs.

    It would be likely that some workers and customers would divert from street businesses to shopping malls with free parking or convenient transit hubs. Again good for some but not other businesses.

    March 5, 2008 at 3:13 am Link # 10