DOOLEY Observed: Detroit spends more to issue parking fines than it collects

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Thursday, March 20, 2014

Detroit spends more to issue parking fines than it collects

They did go bankrupt right?

Restructuring consultants have recommended that Detroit increase its parking fines and crack down harder on people who don’t pay to boost revenue for the bankrupt city, which currently pays $32 to issue and process a $30 parking violation.

The revenue-generating proposal would change the current parking fines of $20, $30 and $100 per ticket to a two-tiered structure of $45 and $150, The Detroit News reported.

The recommendations come as state-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr awaits an analysis of the city’s parking assets and contemplates spinning off the parking department.