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by 4werfaw34r 2638 days ago
I don't think that's what they are trying to say at all:

https://projects.propublica.org/chicago-tickets/

Some of the insights they pull from this data: Most tickets are issues in majority-black wards, in places with high poverty rates. Motorists in these wards were found more at risk of losing a vehicle or declaring bankruptcy. Most tickets that are contested are in more well-to-do, majority-white wards, and contested tickets have more than a 50% chance of the driver being found not liable.

Here's what I draw from this: Parking tickets frequently trap the poor into a cycle of debt. People who have money and free time have more resources available to challenge the ticket and not have to pay.

That doesn't say to me "we should forgive tickets for low income residents" but it says to me we need to find other ways to enforce the parking laws that don't just make the poor even poorer.

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Tickets should be adjusted for income. If someone making $200,000 a year has to pay $50 for parking in the wrong place then someone who makes $20,000 should have to pay $5.