Remembering Donald Shoup (1938-2025)
Professor Donald Shoup passed away on February 6, 2025. Among many other significant achievements and honors he was a founding Advisory Board member of PRN.
Donald’s curiosity, intelligence, passion, generosity, and kindness allowed him not only to expose the critical problems with modern parking policy, but also to ignite and nurture a movement to change them and make the world a better place.
The Parking Reform Network wishes to provide our community with a place to share their stories and thoughts to remember and honor Donald.
Professor Shoup was a donor, member, and booster of PRN’s work. If you are so moved, you can honor his legacy and support the parking reform movement with a memorial donation.
When I was in grad school during COVID, I messaged Donald on LinkedIn asking to have a call with him to talk about transportation. He accepted.
We spent about an hour chatting about parking and such, but the moment I will never forget is was when he told me this: “Transportation today is where medicine was in the early 1900s.” That simple idea sparked a determination in me to continue the work he started, to create a better system for all. I will miss seeing his continual posts about parking reform, a passion in him that never dissipated. Rest in peace, Shoup Dog.
We spent about an hour chatting about parking and such, but the moment I will never forget is was when he told me this: “Transportation today is where medicine was in the early 1900s.” That simple idea sparked a determination in me to continue the work he started, to create a better system for all. I will miss seeing his continual posts about parking reform, a passion in him that never dissipated. Rest in peace, Shoup Dog.