Don Pickrell is chief economist in the U.S. Department of Transportation Volpe Center’s Economic Analysis Division.

Cashing Out Employer-Paid Parking

By Donald Shoup, Don Pickrell | June 1, 2022

A view of a rooftop office parking lot full of cars

Free parking or nothing is not a fair deal. Parking cash out remedies this inequity and treats all commuters equally, regardless of how they get to work.