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 a lowly college student, all I wanted to do was work on transportation someday. Little did I know that I’d become most passionate about parking, something primarily inspired by Donald Shoup & his work. The ripple effects of the Shoupistas around the transportation industry are hard to overstate, as they directly will impact the way cities are built for the better. RIP to the Jane Jacobs of parking policy.