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.
I first learned about Dr. Shoup when I was writing my master’s thesis. His book illuminated my career path when I began to realize that “all roads lead to parking.” Unfortunately I never got to meet him, but his work has undoubtedly shaped countless lives and the built environment. We owe a debt of gratitude to him l for decades of passionate work on parking reform. Rest In Peace.