So many things about parking tick me off. donald Shoup is like a god to me! His was the first and for a while the only voice agaiinst "free" parking in academic circles.

Here in Michigan, state and local governments will do almost anything to retain employers or attract new ones. One big development for an insurance company involved the city and state giving them huge tax credits for building the parking structure. They also altered the master plan so thet the ugly behemoth could be built right on the riverftont--which is easily the most attractive feature of the city. I think that when governments subsidize "free" parking, they should stipulate that the company must build the facility to half the size they want, and provide incentives to employees to find some other way to get to work that doesn't involve parking a car right next to their office.