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's work is what inspired me to do my graduate thesis on curb use - how we currently use it, and what we could do instead. And when I was completing my research, I had a question that he was just about the best person in the world who would know the answer. I sent him an email, and he got back to me within a couple of hours with a thoughtful and helpful response. I hope that I can provide the same guidance and inspiration to future policy wonks, researchers, and practitioners as he did. He will be missed.