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

How smarter parking policy shapes the future

Have you heard what's in store for the next ACT Book Club meeting on Wednesday, June 10?

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, join us to share their experiences and perspectives. All are welcome whether you have read the book or not. Expect a lively conversation about where the movement goes from here!

Qualifies for 2 TDM-CP credits.

Meet the 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. 

Daniel B. Hess, PhD, 
Professor of Urban Planning, University at Buffalo, State University of New York.

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.