Is parking in downtown Chattanooga too strict?
134 views · Published 14 May 2013 · 0:52 · Indexed 4 November 2026
Channel: chattanooga times free press · 2013 · News & Politics
First of all, revenue from parking citations in downtown Chattanooga is on track to DOUBLE this year. Stricter parking enforcement has led the Chattanooga Parking Authority to collect 438 thousand dollars in parking fine revenue in just the last six months. That's more than the entire amount of revenue collected by chattanooga over the entire year before that. While some people say the stricter parking enforcement frees up space for downtown visitors and shoppers, there are more than a few complaints from people who leave their car for five minutes to get a cup of coffee and return to find a ticket on the dash. Parking enforcers now issue more than 200 tickets A DAY in Chattanooga - or one ticket every two and a half minutes. So where does all that new revenue go? Well, to improvements for parking, such as the new meters that take credit cards, so you can keep on paying for more improvements.
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