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    • The High Cost of Free Parking

    Posted by Delaware Valley Smart Growth Alliance on December 21, 2015

    DVSGA Spring Forum: Prof. Donald Shoup
    The High Cost of Free Parking

    Meet Donald Shoup, recipient of the American Planning Association’s 2015 National Planning Excellence Award, who will address land use, parking, smart growth and strong communities.

    When:
    Thursday, May 5, 2016
    8:30 am – 11:00 am

    Where:
    PECO
    Energy Hall
    2301 Market Street
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

    Save the Date. Seating is limited. Sponsorship opportunities available.

    Professor Shoup is a dynamic speaker that has changed the way communities around the country think about land use as it relates to parking policies. This event provides an opportunity for smart growth advocates and sceptics to hear from this nationally renowned expert on parking, land use, and economics. Parking is often one of the largest land uses in American cities and suburbs and has a huge effect on the viability smart growth projects.

    Donald Shoup has been an influential voice in changing the discussion around free parking by highlighting the hidden costs of providing it and proposing innovative solutions to ensuring adequate parking with minimal land area. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Urban Planning at UCLA, and an Honorary Professor at the Beijing Transportation Research Institute as well as being the recipient of the American Planning Association’s 2015 National Planning Excellence Award. Policies proposed in his book The High Cost of Free Parking have been successfully implemented in cities and towns nationwide.

    For more information about the speaker and his work:

    Strong Towns – Blog and Podcast focused on building financially resilient communities
    http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2015/11/24/donald-shoup-parking-spot

    Freakonomics Radio – Podcast with an economics focus
    http://freakonomics.com/2013/03/13/parking-is-hell-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/

    99% invisible – Podcast with a design focus
    http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/episode-08-99-free-parking/

    Streetsblog – Text blog about street design
    http://usa.streetsblog.org/2015/03/30/donald-shoup-an-appreciation/

    Street Films – Short films about smart transportation
    http://www.streetfilms.org/dr-shoup-parking-guru/

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