Micromobility and Car Parking

Oliver Bruce
Podcast
August 1, 2019

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In this episode, Horace and Oliver discuss Donald Shoup’s work, The HighCost of Free Parking, and why micromobility offers such a compellingcounter to the dominant mindset that has existed around parking for thelast 70 years.*Specifically, we cover:*- The financial and spatial impact of parking minimums in the US- The Catch-22 of parking legislation - parking creates sprawled landscapesthat increases the need for them to move around.- The importance of pricing parking appropriately- The odd behaviour that our misplacing of car parks has created in Japanand the US- The logical use case for autonomy in RV’s if we can’t betterprice/allocate roadspace- Why micromobility offers such a fundamental rethink of space allocationand parking requirements

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