{"id":830,"date":"2020-12-23T11:42:18","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T19:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parkingreform.org\/?p=830"},"modified":"2021-12-21T11:44:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T19:44:43","slug":"a-parking-reform-bookshelf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parkingreform.org\/2020\/12\/23\/a-parking-reform-bookshelf\/","title":{"rendered":"A Parking Reform Bookshelf"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What would a comprehensive parking reform bookshelf look like? If your local independent bookstore had a “Parking Reform” section, what would it contain? I’ll share what I’ve got and what I know about, and we’ll crowdsource a comprehensive list of books about parking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have four books which are specifically about parking: Donald Shoup’s The High Cost of Free Parking<\/em> and Parking And The City,<\/em> Eran Ben-Joseph’s Rethinking A Lot<\/em>, and Bridget Brown’s book for children Spot’s Parking Lot<\/em>. I recommend all of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have a few other books in which parking plays a role, Janette Sadik-Kahn’s Streetfight<\/em>, Jarrett Walker’s Human Transit<\/em>, and Randy Shaw’s Generation Priced Out<\/em>. I have Jeff Speck’s Walkable City<\/em> on audio-book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve read through Cal Poly Pomona Professor Richard Willson’s books Parking Reform Made Easy<\/em> (arguably the best title of all) and Parking Management for Smart Growth<\/em>, they’re more technical in nature, but great books. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s a book that looks amazing: Parking: An International Perspective<\/em> which came out in November 2019. I think a truly complete parking bookshelf would have a copy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a few books I know of which focus on the design of garages. I spied a copy of The Parking Garage: Design and Evolution of a Modern Urban Form<\/em> by Shannon S. McDonald on Professor Shoup’s shelf. The Architecture of Parking<\/em> by Simon Henley is another one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, there are the real heavy tomes of ITE’s Trip and Parking Generation<\/em>, various editions and supplements, but I think Professor Shoup presents most of the information a reformer would need from these resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Links to learn more about these books, and others are below. The Parking Reform Network has a “bookshop” set up at Bookshop.org where you can purchase several of these books and our organization will receive 10% of the sale price. You can find our bookshop here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What did I miss? Let me know in the comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Parking Book List<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

(Updated 12\/19\/2021)
<\/em>Parking Reform and Policy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n