Donald Shoup
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Donald Shoup
@DonaldShoup
Professor of Urban Planning at UCLA. Saving the world one parking space at a time.
The Director of City Planning in Minneapolis said, "No single legislative action did more to contribute to housing creation than the elimination of parking minimums.”- Newsom signs ‘landmark’ law eliminating parking mandates near transit sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl… via @sfchronicle
- The National Association of Transportation Officials (NACTO) found that in Los Angeles, merchants thought 36% of their patrons arrived by car and none by transit. In reality, 46% arrived by transit and only 7% by car. nextcity.org/daily/entry/ci…
- Want fewer cars on the roads? Don’t offer parking, research suggests
- In a study of Parkdale Village in Toronto, a quarter of business owners estimated that over half their customers drove to their business – in reality, just 4 percent drive. The rest biked, walked or took public transport.
- “For a lot of people a car means freedom and social status. But if a city provides you no choice but to drive, a car isn't freedom, it's dependence. If you have no choice but to drive for every trip, it's not your fault. Your city has failed.” wired.com/story/cities-w… via @wired
- Putting apartments on busy roads and houses on quiet ones is an injustice. slate.com/business/2021/… via @slate
- Austin Eliminates Parking Requirements
- For the first time, a major Canadian city won’t require space for cars on any property.
- A new analysis finds that streets take up about 18% of urban space in major U.S. counties. That’s $959 billion worth of land. bloomberg.com/news/newslette… via @CityLab
