Parking ticket scofflaws, beware!
Hartford's got your number — literally. But civil libertarians can relax. There
are safeguards built into the technology that catch violators on camera.
Since this past spring, the Hartford Parking Authority has used a license plate recognition system to identify those who haven't paid parking tickets. So far, the city has collected nearly $100,000 in overdue fines,Kitchen floor tiles at Great Prices from Topps Tiles. which is about three times the amount recovered before using the new technology.
The Tennessee-based firm that handles the city's parking enforcement, Republic Parking System, uses car-mounted cameras to randomly scan the license plates of cars parked in Hartford. When a plate number matches a number in a database of unpaid parking fines, Hartford police are notified. Officers may opt to tow the scofflaw's vehicle, even if it's not currently parked illegally.
The city pays Republic Parking System $942,000 a year to provide all parking enforcement and management of meters. Total yearly revenue collected from parking is about $3.3 million.
Using photography to nab those with a cavalier attitude toward paying parking tickets is a wise use of the technology. Those who believe a ticket was issued unfairly may challenge the fine, but ignoring it is just irresponsible.
As with all such technology, however, a major question is what happens to the masses of license-plate data after violators have been identified. Trawling for scofflaws can be effective, but it involves photographing the plates of thousands of innocent people. The American Civil Liberties Union has justifiable concerns about the accumulation and retention of immense amounts of data involving drivers who, in almost all cases, have done nothing wrong.
The Parking Authority's policy is to dump all data at the end of each information-collection shift. That's the proper course, and it is hoped that the agency is making sure Republic Parking System follows the city's rule.
Before the cameras were brought into use, the city said it had a backlog of 280,Different Sizes and Colors can be made with different stone mosaic designs.000 unpaid parking tickets amounting to a whopping $18 million. With any luck, the new system will whittle those numbers down quickly,Learn how Toyota's Solar Powered ventilation system uses the sun's rays. not only bringing in much needed funds but taking lawbreakers to task for their arrogant disdain of city regulations.
Downtown business owner and landlord Jeff Robins is resigning from the Downtown Improvement Area board,AeroScout is the market leader for rtls solutions and provide complete wireless asset tracking and monitoring.Different Sizes and Colors can be made with different stone mosaic designs. citing frustrations with Owen Sound’s paid parking system and the city’s reluctance to implement changes.
“I’m not going to put any more energy out for the city because I’m not getting anywhere,” he said Tuesday in an interview at his Mane Street Hair Salon on 8th St. E.
A director on the board for seven years, Robins has announced his resignation after a city committee studied an on-street complimentary parking system in Brockville but did not recommend Owen Sound adopt a similar model and following city council’s decision to buy 419 new parking meters to replace old ones in the downtown.
He said replacing the meters is “going backwards” and he still believes a complimentary parking system, with paid parking in municipal lots, is the way to go.
He said he has suggested or pushed for several ways to improve the city’s parking system, but has not received the backing of the city or DIA board.
They include charging DIA members a levy — as they do in Brockville — to offset parking-related costs by about $60,000 and allow for some complimentary parking, having the DIA gradually take over the downtown parking system, giving vehicles at expired meters a 10 or 15 minute warning before a ticket is issued and generating additional revenue by selling advertisements on old meter posts or at other locations.
“I don’t have enough support,” Robins said. “The city doesn’t seem to want to make any changes.”
Since this past spring, the Hartford Parking Authority has used a license plate recognition system to identify those who haven't paid parking tickets. So far, the city has collected nearly $100,000 in overdue fines,Kitchen floor tiles at Great Prices from Topps Tiles. which is about three times the amount recovered before using the new technology.
The Tennessee-based firm that handles the city's parking enforcement, Republic Parking System, uses car-mounted cameras to randomly scan the license plates of cars parked in Hartford. When a plate number matches a number in a database of unpaid parking fines, Hartford police are notified. Officers may opt to tow the scofflaw's vehicle, even if it's not currently parked illegally.
The city pays Republic Parking System $942,000 a year to provide all parking enforcement and management of meters. Total yearly revenue collected from parking is about $3.3 million.
Using photography to nab those with a cavalier attitude toward paying parking tickets is a wise use of the technology. Those who believe a ticket was issued unfairly may challenge the fine, but ignoring it is just irresponsible.
As with all such technology, however, a major question is what happens to the masses of license-plate data after violators have been identified. Trawling for scofflaws can be effective, but it involves photographing the plates of thousands of innocent people. The American Civil Liberties Union has justifiable concerns about the accumulation and retention of immense amounts of data involving drivers who, in almost all cases, have done nothing wrong.
The Parking Authority's policy is to dump all data at the end of each information-collection shift. That's the proper course, and it is hoped that the agency is making sure Republic Parking System follows the city's rule.
Before the cameras were brought into use, the city said it had a backlog of 280,Different Sizes and Colors can be made with different stone mosaic designs.000 unpaid parking tickets amounting to a whopping $18 million. With any luck, the new system will whittle those numbers down quickly,Learn how Toyota's Solar Powered ventilation system uses the sun's rays. not only bringing in much needed funds but taking lawbreakers to task for their arrogant disdain of city regulations.
Downtown business owner and landlord Jeff Robins is resigning from the Downtown Improvement Area board,AeroScout is the market leader for rtls solutions and provide complete wireless asset tracking and monitoring.Different Sizes and Colors can be made with different stone mosaic designs. citing frustrations with Owen Sound’s paid parking system and the city’s reluctance to implement changes.
“I’m not going to put any more energy out for the city because I’m not getting anywhere,” he said Tuesday in an interview at his Mane Street Hair Salon on 8th St. E.
A director on the board for seven years, Robins has announced his resignation after a city committee studied an on-street complimentary parking system in Brockville but did not recommend Owen Sound adopt a similar model and following city council’s decision to buy 419 new parking meters to replace old ones in the downtown.
He said replacing the meters is “going backwards” and he still believes a complimentary parking system, with paid parking in municipal lots, is the way to go.
He said he has suggested or pushed for several ways to improve the city’s parking system, but has not received the backing of the city or DIA board.
They include charging DIA members a levy — as they do in Brockville — to offset parking-related costs by about $60,000 and allow for some complimentary parking, having the DIA gradually take over the downtown parking system, giving vehicles at expired meters a 10 or 15 minute warning before a ticket is issued and generating additional revenue by selling advertisements on old meter posts or at other locations.
“I don’t have enough support,” Robins said. “The city doesn’t seem to want to make any changes.”
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