WRIT 1600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Donald Shoup, Stephen J. Dubner, Eran
17 Jan 2015
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Parking is hell: a new freakonomics radio podcast - posted by k. wells 03/12/2013 6:47pm http://freakonimics. com/2013/03/013/parking-is-hell-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/ The episode begins with stephen dubner talking to parking guru donald shoup, a professor of urban planning at ucla and author of the landmark book the high cost of free parking. In a famous times op-ed, shoup argued that as much as one-third of urban congestion is caused by people cruising for [free] curb parking. But, as shoup tells dubner, there ain"t no such thing as a free parking spot. Shoup"s recommendations have inspired a series of reforms across the country, most notably an ongoing experiment in san francisco called sfpark. The project essentially establishes a dynamic market for free parking by measuring average occupancy on each block and then setting prices according to demand. While the experiment is exciting for transportation scholars, it has attracted some criticism.
