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.
Me and my friends at The Swedish Association for Green Mobility emailed to get an interview in November 2024. Donald answered yes real quick. Four of us sat together 1 hour before the interview to choose our questions. After 10 minutes we got an email from Donald asking if we hade cancelled the meeting. Off course, as according to Murphys law, we had forgot that in Sweden we just adjusted the clock to winter time. Something that they didn't do in LA. However Donald was so nice and waited for us and we had a real nice conversation. Donald had prepared a lot with swedish examples and it was so clear that he cared a lot. All the best and thanks for showing the way Donald, I want to be like you when I get older!