Comments on: Dr. Shoup: Parking Guru!

By: Ruud van Winden

Ruud van Winden — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 06:22:00 +0000

Great interview and completely right. As people commented below, in some locations governments abuse parking fee's to fix holes in the city's budget. If applied as Dr Shoup explains, parking will be a resource, like any other in the world that should be paid for according to demand.

By: The Gap in SFPark’s Captivating Data Set | Streetsblog San Francisco

The Gap in SFPark’s Captivating Data Set | Streetsblog San Francisco — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:12:34 +0000

[...] the early indications hold up and Donald Shoup’s theory is borne out in practice, cities plagued by cruising traffic will find SFPark’s data [...]

By: Lise

Lise — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:30:00 +0000

The question of safety is important for everyone. Once you park your car you become a pedestrian and with so many cars going around in circles looking for parking, your risk of being hit by one increases greatly (health risks are not just air quality related!).

With this in mind, it's in everyone's interest to reduce private car use as much as possible. I am afraid that the much needed municipal revenue stream that public street parking represents will keep municipalities from being tougher on car use in general.

By: The SMART Area, Part 2: All Those Cars « The Greater Marin

The SMART Area, Part 2: All Those Cars « The Greater Marin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:20:00 +0000

[...] you probably can guess, I’m not one in favor of parking. You could call me a Shoupite, I suppose: parking has its place, but it should not be required, and where there is a shortage of [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:54:00 +0000

Poor people don't drive, Mark. They walk or take mass transit, and then they are forced to pay, through store prices, for parking spaces for the wealthier customers. How do you justify that in your world?

By: The economic case for on-street bike parking | Bike Delaware

The economic case for on-street bike parking | Bike Delaware — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:53:16 +0000

[...] bend over backwards to make car parking easy and cheap. The costs never seem to be too high, the urban real estate too valuable, or alternatives to [...]

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:14:00 +0000

Nevermind that the film talks about "free parking" while showing a car pulling into a meter, or the professor claims "they almost always turn right at every intersection", while showing a car turning left.

This is nothing but a tax grab - enticing the local merchants and neighborhood residents and non-drivers to approve a new revenue stream.

By: Londoners consummate love affair with free parking late at night « Citythink's Blog

Wed, 25 May 2011 17:46:43 +0000

[...] of theorists self-described as Shoup-istas. (see a great interview with Donald Shoup by Streetfilms here.) While working in the road pricing space, had the pleasure of sharing a meal in Greenwich Village [...]

By: Bike Parking Ordinance Comment Letter – Support Bike Parking and Affordable Housing « Green L.A. Transportation Working Group

Fri, 13 May 2011 07:30:01 +0000

[...] to affordable housing. Many of us (myself included) are generally Shoupistas – followers of Donald Shoup. In The High Cost of Free Parking, Shoup makes a convincing case that unjustifiedly high suburban [...]

By: Could parking policy benefit from more regional oversight? « Transbay Blog

Could parking policy benefit from more regional oversight? « Transbay Blog — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:39:23 +0000

[...] launches SFpark, a program that implements the type of demand-based pricing scheme advocated by Donald Shoup. Through SFpark, both on-street and off-street supply in designated pilot areas, which include [...]

By: Hitler Hated Bike Lanes, and the Economic Case for On-Street Bike Parking « Smart City Memphis

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:40:21 +0000

[...] bend over backwards to make car parking easy and cheap. The costs never seem to be too high, the urban real estate too valuable, or alternatives to [...]

By: The economic case for on-street bike parking | Buying Green - Buying-Green

The economic case for on-street bike parking | Buying Green - Buying-Green — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:11:48 +0000

[...] bend over backwards to make car parking easy and cheap. The costs never seem to be too high, the urban real estate too valuable, or alternatives to [...]

By: La bici leva dell’economia urbana. | Nuova Mobilità

La bici leva dell’economia urbana. | Nuova Mobilità — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:55:53 +0000

[...] facciamo in quattro per rendere il parcheggio delle automobili facile ed economico. I costi per questo non sembrano mai troppo alti, lo spazio utilizzato mai abbastanza prezioso e le [...]

By: The economic case for on-street bike parking — My Blog

The economic case for on-street bike parking — My Blog — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:13:04 +0000

[...] bend over backwards to make car parking easy and cheap. The costs never seem to be too high, the urban real estate too valuable, or alternatives to [...]

By: The economic case for on-street bike parking | Grist

The economic case for on-street bike parking | Grist — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:50:03 +0000

[...] bend over backwards to make car parking easy and cheap. The costs never seem to be too high, the urban real estate too valuable, or alternatives to [...]

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 19:16:19 +0000

Shoup would place the ENTIRE burden on the poorer people. Rich and affluent people don't have to do ANYTHING at all to help.

This is just a plan to get the irritating poorer people out of the way of the reach people.

Shoup is just a routine elitist jerk who dares to be even more elitists than those who preceded him. There is nothing new in his ideas other than to take them to ever more extremes.

By: “The end of the parking meter” | World Streets

“The end of the parking meter” | World Streets — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:11:29 +0000

[...] is a good interview of Professor Shoup by Mark Gorton of New York’s The Open Planning Project in which he sets [...]

By: Parking Guru on Getting the Price Right | Civic Intersection

Parking Guru on Getting the Price Right | Civic Intersection — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:16:33 +0000

[...] of the Open Planning Project on March 14, 2007 in New York City. The interview, available at Streetfilms, began with a request to Professor Shoup to provide in “a few seconds” his views about [...]

By: Creating “Green” Streets « Uptown Partnership

Creating “Green” Streets « Uptown Partnership — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:27:02 +0000

[...] park your car and, in many cases, traffic circulation comes to a screeching halt. According to UCLA Professor Donald Shoup, cruising for parking makes up 30% of traffic congestion, behavior that increases carbon emissions [...]

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:27:54 +0000

Free parking is cheap way to keep the oil and car companies in business. How about free gas? Yeah right, like that'll ever happen.

To fix a problem we cannot proceed by throwing money at the issue nor withdrawing money from the issue. Another solution must be provided such as alternate energy. He speaks of cleaning the air and liberating city streets from the oppression of vehicle. While that may divert an issue for a moment that does certainly not 'fix' anything. Get cleaner cars and then you've fixed something.