| Parking Tickets and the
Revenue They Generate for Four of the Largest Municipalities in P.G.
County
By
Kathleen Johnston Jarboe
Maryland Newsline
Monday, Jan. 21, 2002
| Towns* |
Parking Tickets
Issued, 2000** |
Revenue from Parking
Tickets, FY 2001*** |
Total Town Revenue, FY
2001*** |
Percent of Town Revenue from
Parking Tickets |
College Park
(pop. 24,657) |
44,483
|
$1.1 million
|
$8.3 million
|
13.6%
|
Greenbelt
(pop. 21,456)
|
1,126
|
$56,644
|
$15.4 million |
0.4%
|
Laurel
(pop. 19,960) |
744
|
$30,375
|
$13.9
million |
0.2%
|
Hyattsville
(pop. 14,733) |
4,906
|
$55,971
|
$7.5 million |
0.8% |
SOURCES: Local
parking and finance officials and local police *
Parking ticket information was not available for Bowie, the largest
municipality in Prince George's County. Parking tickets there are issued
by county police, not local police. **Ticket
totals
are tabulated by calendar year. ***Revenues
are calculated for fiscal years. Fiscal year 2001 ran from July 1, 2000,
to June 30, 2001.
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