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Baltimore committee presses DOT for measurable parking‑enforcement goals as LPR pilot and Tiger team aim to cut backlogs
Summary
DOT told the Land Use & Transportation Committee it has piloted license plate readers, activated a Tiger team to redesign dispatch and technology, and seen citations rise since expanding enforcement; council members pressed DOT for concrete service goals, data on responsiveness, and Tiger team deliverables by midyear.
Chair Ryan Dorsey convened the Land Use & Transportation Committee on Feb. 19, 2026, to follow up on parking enforcement, street lighting and community engagement. The Department of Transportation reported a pilot of license plate readers and a city‑led Tiger team to address an enforcement backlog while council members demanded measurable goals, timelines and data on response times.
Council President Zeke Cohen, in opening remarks, credited recent changes but said significant backlogs remain: "DOT restored 24 7 parking enforcement for the first time since the COVID 19 pandemic, and citations are up," he said, while also noting what he described as "around 8,000 open parking enforcement related 3 1 1 service requests" and a backlog of abandoned‑vehicle requests that he said exceeded 4,700. DOT presented a different but overlapping inventory figure, reporting roughly…
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