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<p>Donald Shoup is a professor at the University of California Los Angeles and is considered the nation&#8217;s foremost authority on parking policy. His book, &#8220;The High Cost of Free Parking,&#8221; is required reading for urban planners.</p>


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Donald Shoup

How to Repair a Parking Crater in Three Steps

<p>Angie is a Cleveland-based writer with a background in planning and newspaper reporting. She has been writing about cities for Streetsblog for six years.</p>


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