{"product_id":"2940172530012","title":"The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this no-holds-barred treatise, Donald Shoup argues that free parking has contributed to auto dependence, rapid urban sprawl, extravagant energy use, and a host of other problems. Planners mandate free parking to alleviate congestion but end up distorting transportation choices, debasing urban design, damaging the economy, and degrading the environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUbiquitous free parking helps explain why our cities sprawl on a scale fit more for cars than for people, and why American motor vehicles now consume one-eighth of the world's total oil production. But it doesn't have to be this way. Shoup proposes new ways for cities to regulate parkingamp;mdash;namely, charge fair market prices for curb parking, use the resulting revenue to pay for services in the neighborhoods that generate it, and remove zoning requirements for off-street parking. Such measures, according to the Yale-trained economist and UCLA planning professor, will make parking easier and driving less necessary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoin the swelling ranks of Shoupistas by picking up this book today. You'll never look at a parking spot the same way again.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Instructional Systems [Aubrey J. Kline (aka Jim Kline dba Instructional Systems)]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116804194544,"sku":"2940172530012","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940172530012_p0.jpg?v=1763837721","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940172530012","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}