Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Donald Shoup

Parking Guru Donald Shoup Coming to Town Monday

By Brad Aaron | | 3 Comments
 Donald Shoup, author of The High Cost of Free Parking, will be in New York next week, with a number of events on Monday culminating in an evening appearance at Fordham University. Here’s a rundown. Press Walk-Thru of One of NYC’s Worst Streets to ParkMonday, December 10, 12 noonSE Corner of 6th Avenue and West […]

Push for Congestion Pricing Spurs Parking Reform

By John Kaehny | | 60 Comments
  It may not have been Mayor Bloomberg’s intention when he proposed congestion pricing, but he has put reforming curbside parking policies front and center. Desperate for "alternatives" to pricing, opponents have borrowed proposals to hike curbside parking rates, and price free curb spaces. These parking reforms which would significantly reduce double-parking and traffic snarling […]

Upper West Siders: What Would You Fix?

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | | 6 Comments
In the first of many shorts we will present over consecutive days, The Open Planning Project’s Executive Director Mark Gorton tours the streets of the Upper West Side with neighbor Lisa Sladkus pointing out problems in advance of the November 6 Streets Renaissance Workshop with Jan Gehl. Today’s topic is: Double Parking. Parking policy is […]

Refresher: What is Congestion Pricing?

By John Kaehny | | 1 Comment
There seems to be some confusion by both friends and foes of congestion pricing as to what it actually is. "Congestion pricing" is a term of art that refers to congestion tolls, road pricing or road tolling or other road user fees. It is a concept distinct from charging for parking. The foremost expert on […]

Congestion Pricing Should be Attached to Parking Reform

By Aaron Naparstek | | 36 Comments
The daily scene on SoHo’s Crosby Street, jammed with illegally parked government employees. The Observer reported on Wednesday that Walter McCaffrey’s Committee to Keep New York City Congestion Tax Free recently solicited UCLA parking policy guru Donald Shoup to do a study of curbside parking policy in New York. Carolyn Konheim, a Brooklyn-based transportation consultant […]

Pricing Friends and Foes Find Common Ground in Shoup

By Aaron Naparstek | | 9 Comments
Matthew Schuerman at the Observer reports that New York City congestion pricing opponents sought to commission UCLA urban planning guru Donald Shoup to do a study of New York City’s parking policies. Shoup declined their request. Presumably, congestion pricing opponents hoped a Shoup study might show that New York City could solve some portion of […]
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