Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Donald Shoup

Donald Shoup: Planners Are Versed in Parking Politics, Not Policy

By Ben Fried | May 15, 2008 | 4 Comments

Un-Shoupian parking policy on display on Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue The Toronto Star gave parking policy maven Donald Shoup some major play earlier this week, running a profile of the UCLA professor excerpted from journalist Tim Falconer’s new book, "Drive." In the piece, we learn why Shoup believes planners are apt to make bad judgments when […]

DC to Devote Parking Fees to Livable Streets

By John Kaehny | Mar 14, 2008 | 3 Comments

In a first for a big east coast city, Washington, DC, is putting the ideas of celebrated parking reformer Don Shoup to work. Spurred by concerns over game day traffic surges caused by the opening of a new baseball stadium, the city council recently created two performance parking pilot project zones. The most important […]

Kheel Planners Detail Free Transit Proposal

By Brad Aaron | Jan 25, 2008 | 30 Comments

Yesterday, Theodore "Ted" Kheel’s traffic plan was officially unveiled with a 52-page report (pdf) outlining his proposal to make transit free via a round-the-clock $16 congestion charge for cars ($32 for trucks) entering Manhattan below 60th Street. The report says Kheel’s "Bolder Plan" would cut CBD traffic by 25 percent, and traffic citywide by nearly […]

Donald Shoup Plays With Parking Fees and Matchbox Cars

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 21, 2007 | 16 Comments

During his recent visit to New York, Donald Shoup, professor of Urban Planning at UCLA, sat down with Open Planning Project’s Mark Gorton to discuss parking policy and play with Matchbox cars on a miniature New York City street grid. Shoup argues that charging higher fees for curbside parking would free up more parking space, […]

Shoup Dogg, Parking Policy Cult Hero, Fills Fordham Auditorium

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 12, 2007 | 47 Comments

Click to play Streetsblog’s Donald Shoup theme song:[mp3]shoop30.mp3[/mp3] Spencer Wilking reports: There’s nothing more blessed to the New York City driver than finding an open parking spot. Donald Shoup, professor of Urban Planning at UCLA, would like New Yorkers to reconsider that ideal. The parking policy cult hero addressed a crowd at Fordham’s Pope Auditorium […]

Shoup on Lehrer

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 10, 2007 | 4 Comments

Parking policy maven Donald Shoup will be on the Brian Lehrer show this morning, WNYC, 93.9 FM. He’ll be delving into the question: Is on-street parking too cheap in Manhattan? He’ll also be speaking tonight at 6pm: Fordham University – Pope Auditorium 113 W. 60th St. (at Columbus Av.) Manhattan By the way, check out […]

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