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.
Professor Shoup was wonderfully approachable - I contacted him in 2020 to request his presence at a conference in Hong Kong and he came straight back with a "yes!"; given his legendary status I had assumed there would be back-and-forth with teams of gatekeepers and such, especially as my media firm was brand new and unknown outside a very small local circle.
I was delighted to interview Donald via zoom in mid-2020; he gave a brilliant talk straight off the bat. But - a snafu my end meant the sound quality of some recorded parts was just awful.
So (quite nervous) I approached Donald again; would he mind re-doing some of the answers? Of course he obliged happily and with great spirit.
He had such a wit and humourous sparkle about him. I hope his memory and his legacy will continue to generate reform and sensible conversations about the place of vehicles in our communities. RIP.
(If it's appropriate to include the link to our interview here: it was a tight masterclass from the professor! )
I was delighted to interview Donald via zoom in mid-2020; he gave a brilliant talk straight off the bat. But - a snafu my end meant the sound quality of some recorded parts was just awful.
So (quite nervous) I approached Donald again; would he mind re-doing some of the answers? Of course he obliged happily and with great spirit.
He had such a wit and humourous sparkle about him. I hope his memory and his legacy will continue to generate reform and sensible conversations about the place of vehicles in our communities. RIP.
(If it's appropriate to include the link to our interview here: it was a tight masterclass from the professor! )