ATLANTA (AP) -
An aggressive parking enforcement strategy in Atlanta has more than doubled the number of parking citations, boosting revenue for the city.
Documents obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution show that ParkAtlanta collected more than $8.5 million and issued nearly 203,000 citations in fiscal year 2011.
Those figures represent an approximate tripling from 2008, the year before Atlanta outsourced enforcement to ParkAtlanta. That year, the city collected $2.39 million in fines, meter payments and parking permits.
Documents show that Atlanta now receives $5.5 million per year, or about 1 percent of its general fund, in guaranteed money from ParkAtlanta. That's far more than it used to make from on-street parking.
Information from: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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