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Alexandria staff report pilot increased parking enforcement and recommend measured expansion
Summary
City staff said a contractor pilot focused on King Street increased citation volume and sped 311 response times; staff proposed three options and recommended making the pilot permanent with a limited expansion. Councilmembers generally favored keeping the contractor and exploring narrow geographic and time expansions.
City staff told the Alexandria City Council on Oct. 28 that a 20-month pilot using a contractor to assist parking enforcement in Old Town has produced more consistent enforcement and faster responses to parking-related service requests.
Jan Lambert, deputy city manager, said the pilot — which began in December 2023 — was intended to address high vacancy rates among Alexandria Police Department parking enforcement officers and to test whether a contractor could improve weekday enforcement on King Street and free APD staff for higher-priority duties. "We have seen more consistent enforcement and better compliance with posted parking rules," Lambert said.
Eli Smith of the Office of Performance Analytics walked the council through the metrics staff used to evaluate the program. Comparing two equal 18-month periods before and during the pilot, staff reported a roughly 61% increase in average monthly citations citywide (from just…
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