Further Research Is Needed to Advance the Conversation about Parking Charges
by Clifford Winston
The Conversation
April 18th, 2011
The conceptual basis for parking charges is sound but further serious discussion requires careful and detailed empirical analysis of the efficiency and distributional effects of the policy. I appreciated Professor Shoup’s references to empirical research that has assessed the effects of minimum parking requirements. I hope to see similar work assessing parking charges in the future, or a promising area of policy analysis and perhaps adoption will either be ignored or degenerate into advocacy.
