No matter how many solar panels it has, your parking garage isn’t green, and especially if you don’t charge parking.

An Ode to Donald Shoup

For #BlackFridayParking week, we’re paying homage to Donald Shoup, whose work has been hugely influential to Strong Towns.

The State Fair Parking Lottery

What a million-person festival and an experiment in pop-up entrepreneurship teach us about the incoherence of parking policy.

Herriges, Top StoryDaniel HerrigesSeptember 1, 2021Donald Shoup, parking pricing, minnesota, end parking mandates and subsidies

Privatizing the Curb for Public Benefit

The rise of ridesharing, e-commerce deliveries, and pandemic-era al fresco dining has shed new light on the untapped value of a more flexible curb.

Top StoryPat NallyNovember 13, 2020parking pricing, Donald Shoup, end parking mandates and subsidies

There Are Problems the Market Can't Solve. Parking Isn't One of Them.

How will we ensure there’s enough parking if we don’t require property owners to provide any? There’s a simple answer to this question.

HerrigesDaniel HerrigesFebruary 11, 2020parking pricing, parking minimums, parking meters, Donald Shoup

Free Parking Makes Me Wanna Shoup

No one person has done more to change the conversation about parking minimums and how they harm our cities than UCLA economist Donald Shoup. If you don’t know his work, now’s the time to get acquainted.

Parking is Important and Not Important

It’s time for mandatory parking minimums to go. That doesn’t mean, though, that the need for parking is going to magically disappear. We would also be wise to plan for smart, adaptable parking solutions, so our cities can incrementally urbanize.

Kevin KlinkenbergApril 25, 2019parking minimums, missing middle, shared parking, Donald Shoup

Getting Parking Right in Portland

Portland, OR is leading the charge in parking reform by pricing its on-street parking at a variable rate that reflects shifting demand, instead of subsidizing it.

Top StoryStrong TownsAugust 20, 2018parking minimums, Donald Shoup, end parking mandates and subsidies, oregon

How Donald Shoup Will Find You a Parking Spot

"I'm out to save the world, one parking space at a time."

#BlackFridayParkingRachel QuednauNovember 25, 2015Donald Shoup, parking minimums

Why not Parking Maximums?

Charge the right price for parking at the curb, use that money to make ongoing improvements to the quality of life on that street and rid yourselves of off-street parking requirements.

#BlackFridayParking, MarohnCharles MarohnNovember 25, 2015Donald Shoup, parking maximums

Podcast: John Anderson

John Anderson explains why parking minimums exist and what's wrong with them.

Podcast, #BlackFridayParkingStrong TownsNovember 24, 2015parking minimums, Donald Shoup

Podcast: Donald Shoup

Chuck Marohn interviews Donald Shoup, Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. His book, The High Cost of Free Parking, and his extensive research into the effects of parking on cities have made him a prominent voice on these topics.

#BlackFridayParking, PodcastStrong TownsNovember 23, 2015Donald Shoup, parking minimums

This week: Black Friday Parking

This week we take a close look at parking requirements and the impact it has on becoming a strong city, town or neighborhood. We invite everyone to join us for the third national #BlackFridayParking event.