A Tribute to Donald Shoup: Retiring from UCLA This Summer

Embedded in an article celebrating the career of Donald Shoup, so-called "parking guru" who has had an outsized influence on contemporary planning thanks to the arguments laid out in "The High Cost of Free Parking."

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March 27, 2015, 2:00 PM PDT

By James Brasuell @CasualBrasuell


"Donald Shoup, after 41 years of teaching in UCLA’s urban planning department, is retiring this summer," according to a tribute post on the UCLA Luskin website.

The article details the history and accomplishments of Shoup's career, including its modest beginnings with a paper, "Problems with Parking Requirements in Zoning Ordinances," that came to a revolutionary conclusion: "End minimum parking requirements and let the market dictate the supply of parking." Now, of course, it's impossible to ignore Shoup's massive influence on the contemporary practice of planning.

The article details how Shoup accomplished so much in his career, including thoughts about how his thinking is inherently economic and his partnerships with students and faculty colleagues. The article is a fitting tribute to an influential figure in planning history.

Wednesday, March 25, 2015 in UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs

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