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RIP Donald Shoup: parking reform visionary who changed cities

Ellsworth Toohey
Feb 13, 2025
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Monroe Street parking lot in Chicago holds 2,700 cars for commuters at Lake Shore Drive, by John H. White from Documerica (1973–4), Public Domain

Donald Shoup, who died on February 6th, 2025, changed how cities handle a mundane yet costly problem: parking. As The Works in Progress Newsletter reported in its recent eulogy, his key insight was that "free" …

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