Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Donald Shoup

Parking Rock Star, Donald Shoup Blasts L.A.’s Parking Policies

By Damien Newton | Mar 24, 2010 | 10 Comments

Gary Rides Bikes explains how "Cash Out Parking" works. It’s no secret that Livable Streets advocates are big fans of the theories of Donald Shoup. The Shoupista that introduced him on Saturday referred to him as "Shoup Dogg," and Streetsblog prefers to sing "Shoup there it is." These kind of salutations for an Economics professor […]

City Considering Free Parking for Zero Emission Vehicles

By Damien Newton | Oct 16, 2009 | 14 Comments

Only the more rare white stickers would get the free parking benefit. Some ideas just refuse to die. Less than a year after the City of Los Angeles moved to end it’s free-meter parking for hybrids program, a new proposal to allow only the highest tech and cleanest cars to park for free has resurfaced. […]

Disability Activists Sue Caltrans for Negelcting Crosswalks and Sidewalks

By Damien Newton | Sep 17, 2009 | 2 Comments

While cracked sidewalks can be found throughout the city, this one was found in Westwood. Photo: Donald Shoup A coalition of activists for seniors and the disabled went to federal court to try and force Caltrans to meet federal safety standards for sidewalk, intersection and other pedestrian amenities. The group charges that when doing road […]

Daily News Highlights How City Blew Opportunity When Raising Meter Costs

By Damien Newton | Sep 8, 2009 | 5 Comments

Photo: Nahh/Flickr In the late fall of 2008 and early in 2009, the City Council and Mayor Villaraigosa decided to fill a hole in the city’s budget by raising the cost of parking curbside at city-owned parking meters. The wildly unpopular move is estimated to generate $18 million dollars for the city, but the backlash […]

What Can Los Angeles Expect for the Rights to Its Meters?

By Damien Newton | Apr 16, 2009 | 1 Comment

For the politicians looking to close a loophole in the city’s budget through privatizing street parking, the biggest question is going to be “how much money can the city get” for leasing enforcement and collection of paid street parking. Reporting from this week’s City Council hearing, Joe Linton writes, “The city is facing a $35M deficit in the current fiscal year. The deficit projected for next fiscal year was projected at $433M (out of a $7B budget), but that forecast is being revised to about $530M.” If Chicago got $1.16 billion for leasing control of its 36,000 meters, Los Angeles should be able to get at least that much for it’s 43,000 metered spaces, right?