I spent a significant amount of my time for about three years from 2001-2003 trying to work out a parking plan for my neighborhood in NW Portland, sometimes in partnership with, sometimes in opposition to the business association in the neighborhood. Tonight Portland City Council will consider a design review appeal on the first parking…

The video stream of Donald Shoup’s presentation at PSU is now online. Even for those who already know the patter, it’s a revelation. One comparison I had not before is that the annual amount of parking subsidy in the United is roughly equal to each of the following three amounts: The cost to run Medicare…

The Saturday Wall Street Journal had an article outlining strategies to manage parking by charging based on demand (the link is only good for 5 days). The price to use a parking space could vary by location or time of time. Donald Shoup, who recently spoke in Portland, is quoted.

Donald Shoup is an oft-quoted academic on the topic of parking. He was invoked recently by Sam Adams in his proposal to put parking meters on Hawthorne. Portland State University Center for Transportation Studies Winter 2007 Transportation Seminar Series Speaker: Dr. Donald Shoup, Professor of Urban Planning, UCLA Topic: The High Cost of Free Parking…

A reader forwarded this link to an article in the Seattle Times about Seattle removing parking minimums in some zoning types, something Portland has already done. This is directly in line with one of the suggestions on our open thread on topics (see, I’m listening). Note the distinction: neither Seattle nor Portland restrict the parking…