Donald Shoup, author of The High Cost of Free Parking: "Keep the change"

We're with Shoup!
February 12, 2025

The author of The High Cost of Free Parking, in his own lovely video (watch to the end)

"Fine, we live in a world with free housing for cars, and expensive housing for people"

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