Donald Shoup is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and has served as the Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning during his tenure there [1]. Shoup’s specific areas of study are the connection between transportation and land use and how this intersection particularly impacts cities, the economy, and the environment. He’s also known to use his academic research to support transportation reforms and so has been able to influence California state law and the federal tax code with regard to employer-provided transportation benefits. - Patrick