Canadian Journal of Urban Research

Shoup, Donald The High Cost of Free Parking.(Book review)

Canadian Journal of Urban Research | June 22, 2006 | Copyright

Shoup, Donald The High Cost of Free Parking Chicago: Planners Press, 2005 ISBN 1-884829-98-8 733 pp.

There are few planning decisions with more unintended consequences than those regarding the supply, price and management of motor vehicle parking. These decisions directly affect land use: incremental increases in parking supply result in more pavement and more dispersed development, and make urban infill relatively more costly than suburban development, stimulating sprawl. Abundant, free vehicle parking is a subsidy that significantly increases automobile ownership and…

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