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.
Donald Shoup was nothing short of extraordinary. His passing is heartbreaking given all the work he did to make our cities better places. He was far ahead of his time and his visionary thinking must continue to be seen through by those of us he has brought together. While I never was able to meet him in person, I treasure my short interactions with him by email and zoom as he helped to spread the word on parking in my community. I am forever grateful for his dedication, wit, and kindness. He will be sorely missed.