Building communities where driving isn't the only option
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Donald Shoup changed how our industry thinks about parking, and chances are, his ideas have already shaped yours! The Shoup Doctrine: Essays Celebrating Donald Shoup and Parking Reforms is a landmark look at how rethinking parking shapes mode shift and builds places where driving isn't the only choice.
On Wednesday, June 10 at 2 p.m. ET, ACT's Book Club is gathering to discuss his principles and their incredible legacy. This is your chance to hear directly from contributing author Ann Cheng and editor Daniel B. Hess, PhD, then talk about what comes next.
No prior reading is required. Just bring your curiosity!
Explore Shoup in Practice
Qualifies for 2 TDM-CP credits.
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Ann Cheng,
Founder/Principal, Ann Cheng Consulting
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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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Daniel B. Hess, PhD,
Professor of Urban Planning, University at Buffalo, State University of New York.
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Daniel B. Hess, PhD, is editor of the book The Shoup Doctrine: Essays Celebrating Donald Shoup and Parking Reforms. He is a professor of urban planning at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. He earned a doctoral degree in urban planning from UCLA where he worked under Donald Shoup.
He has won numerous awards for his research and teaching including a Fulbright Scholar award (Estonia and Poland), an Eisenhower Fellowship from the U.S. Department of Transportation, and a Marie Curie award from the European Commission.
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