Donald Shoup, author of The High Cost of Free Parking, linked to this video, “Parking Public,” on Facebook. It has lots of great 1940’s and 1950’s footage of the downtown urban environment, and explains the origin of modern parking regulations.

Happy New Year, everyone!

Video courtesy The Temporary Travel Office.

Michael Perkins blogs about Metro operations and fares, performance parking, and any other government and economics information he finds on the Web. He lives with his wife and two children in Arlington, Virginia.