Transportation
5 Parking Innovations Every City Should Adopt
From pay-by-plate kiosks to pollution surcharges to length-based fees.
No one knows more about parking than UCLA's Donald Shoup, the so-called "prophet of parking" and author of the 2005 book The High Cost of Free Parking. Shoup's insights have led to a greater appreciation for the benefits of charging a market rate for parking—namely, less time spent searching for a spot, and thus less traffic congestion. In a new piece for ACCESS magazine, adapted from a recent op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle, Shoup points to several parking innovations that every city should consider adopting.
1. Pay-By-Plate Technology