Parking Tickets

A new pilot program that’s part of an overhaul of transportation safety in D.C. would let some residents issue parking tickets on their own.

Changes to allow parking enforcement officers to mail tickets to drivers who take off before the ticket can be placed on their windshields or handed to them are on track for D.C. Council approval.

If you’ve ever parked on the street where you live, odds are you’ve forgotten to move your car on the weekly street sweeping day.

WASHINGTON — Parking ticket and towing revenue collected through the Department of Public Works is on the decline in D.C., continuing a trend of fewer tickets going back about a decade.

A Twitter bot created last year by a Washington, D.C., resident has put a clever and interactive focus on the city’s scourge of unpaid parking and traffic tickets. And the account could soon partner with the D.C. government to shame…