Shoup in Practice: Parking Reform and the Future of How We Move

Shoup in Practice: Parking Reform and the Future of How We Move

Shoup's ideas don't just reshape cities — they reshape how people get around. This collection brings his principles to life through the voices of planners, advocates, and practitioners who are putting reform into action. For those of us working in TDM and mobility, it's a timely look at how smarter parking policy connects to mode shift, demand management, and building communities where driving isn't the only option.

Contributing author Ann Cheng and editor Daniel B. Hess, PhD, joins us to share their experiences and perspectives. Expect a lively conversation about where the movement goes from here.

Speakers: 

Ann Cheng, Founder/Principal, Ann Cheng Consulting

Ann Cheng has worked for 26 years in the Bay Area for Contra Costa County, Alta Planning and Design and TransForm, a TOD advocacy organization. As the principal of her firm, she supports governments in designing, developing and funding TOD and parking reform programs with storytelling, data and relationship infrastructure to create vibrant places for all.  Ann creates and advises map tools like Connect.GreenTRIP.org (a parcel based VMT calculator for housing projects) and Database.GreenTRIP.org (a parking database for housing projects) recommended by the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation for General Plan updates since 2016. She was the former Mayor, and first Asian American councilmember of her hometown El Cerrito, CA. Check out her  chapter published this year in “The Shoup Doctrine,” a book of essays celebrating the life and work of Professor Donald Shoup who created the field of parking planning as a way to save cities from auto-topia gone awry. 

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The Shoup Doctrine: Essays Celebrating Donald Shoup and Parking Reforms

by Daniel Baldwin Hess

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