"For once, an urbanistic reform with an approach that can grow organically and does not depend on people completely changing their minds!"
Planning
"Direct and plainspoken, the book is likely to open your eyes to a frequently overlooked policy area that, if rethought, could have far-reaching, positive implications."
Civil Engineering
"I give kudos to Professor Willson for producing a path-breaking book that advances the prospects for better parking policy and regulation."
Practicing Planner
"a very important primer for discussing and implementing parking reform"
Half-Mile Circles blog at Reconnecting America
"it is almost certainly a step forward in reforming parking regulation."
Examiner
"...demonstrate[s] how to use local data and an understanding of future trends to develop parking requirements that support local planning goals and are responsive to the needs of individual neighborhoods."
Reference & Research Book News
"...he has distilled this hard-earned wisdom into a book. ... this book is a great contribution in the pragmatic tradition of planning."
Journal of the American Planning Association
"This highly readable book tells us why 'smart parking' reform is needed and provides a toolkit for getting the parking equation right."
Robert Cervero, Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley
"Finally, a comprehensive book has been written that not only helps you understand the purpose of parking requirements, but offers a menu of practical options for land management reform. Parking Reform Made Easy will help you rethink parking standards, eliminate the tendency to over park your community, and help you to reclaim land for economic and tax producing value. Simply put, this book will make you smarter."
Mitchell Silver, AICP, President, American Planning Association (2011-13) and Chief Planning & Development Officer
"Parking Reform Made Easy provides both a theoretical framework and practical methods for reforming parking requirements. By giving planners a sound basis for developing reforms, Richard Willson remedies the problem that many planners feel unqualified to challenge and change long-standing minimum parking requirements."
Donald Shoup, Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles, in his foreword
"Parking requirements in zoning codes and subdivision regulations may seem both arcane and mundane. Donald Shoup's earlier book proved they are critically important to the quality of urban environments. Now Richard Willson has written a literate, readable, and practical sequel, showing how to transform planning for parking into an essential tool for improving cities and suburbs."
Martin Wachs, University of California and RAND Corporation