The High Cost of Free Parking
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Publication
2005-03-01 - American Planning Association
Language
English
Word Count
188,000 words, Guess
Page Count
752 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8702085M
- ISBN-139781884829987
- ISBN-101884829988
- OCLC Control Number59759837
- OCLC Control Numberhighcostoffreepa0000shou
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2004107550
- LibraryThing1804316
- Goodreads101843
Classifications
- LCCHE336.P37S56 2005
Description
The High Cost of Free Parking is an urban planning book by UCLA professor Donald Shoup dealing with the costs of free parking on society. It is structured as a criticism of the planning and regulation of parking and recommends that parking be built and allocated according to its fair market value. It incorporates elements of Shoup's Georgist philosophy.
Description
"Free parking isn't really free. In fact, the average parking space costs more than the average car. Initially, developers pay for the required parking, but soon tenants do, and then their customers, and so on, until the cost of parking has diffused throughout the economy. When we shop, eat in a restaurant, or see a movie, we pay for parking indirectly because its cost is included in the price of everything from hamburgers to housing. The total subsidy for parking is staggering, about the size of the Medicare or national defense budgets. But free parking has other costs: It distorts transportation choices, warps urban form, and degrades the environment." "This book unravels current parking policies and proposes sensible, fair alternatives that will free us from the high cost of free parking."--Jacket.
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