ACT Book Club - Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World

The third pick for ACT's book club is Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World by Henry Grabar.

Parking policies play a crucial role in the success of Transportation Demand Management (TDM) strategies. They can either hinder progress or drive meaningful shifts in how people move. Paved Paradise explores the complex world of parking management, tracing how we arrived at our current state and where we’re headed next. Join us for an insightful discussion featuring author Henry Grabar, who will share his perspective on how the relentless pursuit of parking reshaped our cities and the key figures behind these decisions. Don’t miss this thought-provoking conversation!

Meet the moderator

Lauren Mattern is the founder of Journey, a TDM-centric mobility planning firm that also has transit and engagement practices. She has been in the mobility planning industry for 17 years, and cut her teeth on parking policy as a core leader of the SFpark pilots in San Francisco, implementing Donald Shoup’s pricing ideas using new technologies.

She’s a longtime consultant leading cutting edge TDM work in the industry, including at the most recent Major League soccer stadium. She just returned from doing TDM work at Transport for London before starting Journey.