Parking Tickets

Male parking enforcement officer in uniform stands next to car with ticket in its windshield talking on phone or radio.

For a Few Hours, This Site Put San Francisco Drivers a Step Ahead of Parking Officers

A web developer used city parking enforcement data to map the routes of parking enforcement officers.

September 25, 2025 - Wired

Aerial view of downtown Baltimore, Maryland with freeways in foreground

Parking Ticket Revenue: Which Cities Earn Most?

A list of 15 cities with the highest per-capita parking enforcement revenue.

July 23, 2024 - Quartz

Downtown Denver

So Far, Higher Parking Fees Not Reducing Denver Traffic

The city’s efforts to reduce driving and parking downtown by raising parking fees and ticket fines seem to have little effect on driving habits.

May 10, 2022 - Axios

Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services

Parking Enforcement Reduced in L.A., Intact in New York City

The two largest cities are headed in two different directions when it comes to parking enforcement for street sweeping during the coronavirus pandemic—for now at least.

March 18, 2020 - Los Angeles Times

Street Cleaning Program Much Better at Writing Tickets

An investigation into Philadelphia's street cleaning program reveals a parking ticket program that doesn't benefit the city as much as it benefits the Philadelphia Parking Authority.

January 17, 2019 - WHYY

Blocking the Bike Lane

New York Ponders How to Stop Cars from Parking in Bike Lanes

You can write all the tickets in the world but you can't stop drivers from parking in bike lanes.

September 27, 2016 - WNYC

Meter Maid

Pesky Parking Tickets? There's an App for That

An intrepid student has created a simple chatbot program that helps people get out of parking tickets.

July 4, 2016 - Ars Technica

San Francisco Offers to Refund $6 Million in Overpaid Parking Tickets

You might not believe it, but the city of San Francisco is offering refunds after realizing it overcharged on parking tickets.

February 26, 2016 - KQED News

Bill Could Change Street Sweeping, Parking Regulations in New York City

The singular urban dance, or traffic jam, of "alternate-side-of-the-street parking" could get a reprieve with a new bill before the New York City Council.

July 2, 2014 - New York Times

Modern Love Looks Like Parking Tickets

Fools rush in, they say—with a little push from the Cambridge Traffic, Parking, & Transportation Department.

February 14, 2014 - Boston Globe

Many Opt To Pay Parking Fines Rather Than Parking Fees

In downtown Chicago, the parking lots add an extra $2 "congestion" tax for parking the whole day. Instead, many park illegally at Metra Station receiving parking tickets just to avoid the congestion pricing.

November 4, 2011 - Chicago Tribune

Mysteriously, Parking Tickets in East Village Drop 48%

Officials are at a loss to explain why parking tickets issued in New York's East Village have decreased by almost half between 2009 and 2010.

September 11, 2011 - DNAInfo

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