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2025 Parking Tickets
56,338 citations issued • $3,108,761 billed • $1,878,060 collected (60%) • $1,230,701 outstanding (40%)
2024 Parking Tickets
45,628 citations issued • $2,614,298 billed • $1,675,922 collected (64%) • $938,376 outstanding (36%)
2023 Parking Tickets
48,029 citations issued • $2,789,019 billed • $1,770,550 collected (64%) • $830,662 outstanding (30%)
2020 Towed Vehicles
3,068 vehicles towed (2,197 by WPD, 623 by Parking Enforcement). 1,927 were released with payment; 1,126 (36.7%) were kept by City Towing Services — the highest retention share of any year, with 64.7% of Parking Enforcement tows ending in scrap. Only two days in 2020 recorded no tows (March 29, during the COVID shutdown, and December 31).
2021 Towed Vehicles
3,489 vehicles towed — the highest annual total in the 2020–2025 series — with at least one tow recorded every single day of the year. 2,348 vehicles were released with payment; 1,113 (31.9%) were kept by City Towing Services, including 60.3% of Parking Enforcement tows. Busiest day: May 21 (25 tows).
2022 Towed Vehicles
3,039 vehicles towed, with Parking Enforcement tows dropping sharply to 346 (from 632 in 2021). 2,241 vehicles were released with payment; 744 (24.5%) were kept by City Towing Services — the lowest retention share of the series. Two days recorded no tows (April 2, May 29).
2023 Towed Vehicles
3,243 vehicles towed, with a tow recorded every day of the year. 2,371 vehicles were released with payment — the highest release count of the series — and 795 (24.5%) were kept by City Towing Services. Peak activity clustered on midweek days (top day: April 26, 22 tows).
2024 Towed Vehicles
3,226 vehicles towed, including the single busiest day of the six-year series: February 2, with 27 tows. 2,235 vehicles were released with payment; 926 (28.7%) were kept by City Towing Services. Three days recorded no tows.
2025 Towed Vehicles
3,018 vehicles towed — the lowest annual total of the series — with a notable concentration of high-volume days in November. 2,126 vehicles were released with payment; 808 (26.8%) were kept by City Towing Services. One day recorded no tows (September 13).
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