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 such a kind, intelligent and original man. He influenced my education, life and career in profound ways. I taught course for him and did research under his guidance at UCLA. He made my experience there profound, and invited me back to talk to his students.
I also invited him to San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles and Santa Rosa to evaluate, educate, and assist leaders with city parking policy. He took me under his wing, wrote me letters of recommendation, and always stayed in touch. He cared deeply about people, the planet, fairness, equity and teaching the right way.
I will miss him dearly and be forever grateful for his critical thinking and generosity.
I also invited him to San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles and Santa Rosa to evaluate, educate, and assist leaders with city parking policy. He took me under his wing, wrote me letters of recommendation, and always stayed in touch. He cared deeply about people, the planet, fairness, equity and teaching the right way.
I will miss him dearly and be forever grateful for his critical thinking and generosity.