Tacoma Urbanist
Oct. 30, 2007 at 10:36pm
Setting the Right Price for Parking
The magic formula for setting the price of parking correctly
Here he is: Professor Donald Shoup world renowned expert on parkingexplains in easy language how parking rates should be set. Exciting isn't it?
Here Shoup explains how the "right price" for parking is determined. Many of of the "stakeholders" in Tacoma have read Donald Shoup's book: The High Cost of Free Parking. Let's hope Shoup can help our city.
About
A ongoing conversation to make Tacoma a better to live and work through better urban design.
See my Downtown and Neighborhood Pictures
-Erik B.
Most Popular Posts:
1. Tacoma Coffee Shop Showdown
2. Traffic Calming Portland Style (by painting intersections)
3. Tacoma's Relevance to Presidential Election 2008
4. Daniel Blue and RR Anderson
5. Tacoma Document Archive - Key City Documents, Court Documents, Links, Books, and Videos.
6. Is your city worth caring about? James Kunstler discusses how to make your community a place worth caring about.
Useful Links
Tacoma Streetcars - Join the citywide effort to restore streetcars to Tacoma's Neighborhoods.
Congress for New Urbanism - the leading organization promoting walkable, neighborhood-based development as an alternative to sprawl.
Planetizen - A one-stop source for urban planning news, commentary and interviews.
New Urban News - Discussing traditional neighborhood development focusing on building mixed-use, walkable neighborhoods instead of conventional suburban subdivisions, shopping centers and office parks.