Check out these interesting videos about getting parking right, with world-regarded parking policy expert, UCLA Urban Planning Professor Dr. Donald Shoup, the author of The High Cost of Free Parking:
– Parking Illustrated: Toy Cars And Stop-Motion Animation Show How Parking Reform Can Work
– Dr. Shoup – Open Planning Project interview
According to Dr. Shoup, free parking is the root problem of many of the ills that face our biggest cities. He posits that reforming parking policy will lead to a better pedestrian environment, cleaner streets and air, safer downtown shopping districts, and – yes – even less headaches for drivers trying to find that ever elusive curb space.
This video is part of a taped chat with The Open Planning Project.