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Williamsburg resident questions city’s new digital visitor-parking system, cites privacy and usability concerns

5730911 · September 8, 2025
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Summary

During public comment, Frederica Tudo urged the council to reconsider a planned switch from physical visitor hang tags to a license-plate-based digital system, saying it would create a database of visitors, be difficult for elderly and absentee residents to use and could lead to errors or privacy risks.

Frederica Tudo told the Williamsburg City Council on Sept. 8 that the city’s move from physical visitor hang tags to a license-plate-based digital visitor-permit system for restricted parking neighborhoods risks privacy, practicality and fairness.

"The city will have a database compiling who visits whom, when, and where," Tudo said in public comment, expressing…

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