The D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles reported today that an amnesty on overdue parking tickets is working, having drawn in a total of $1,902,665 in revenue from 35,357 outstanding tickets. more ›

It's a well-known fact that the District is looking at a $300 million backlog of unpaid parking tickets. What may surprise you is that at least $15,000 of that figure comes courtesy of members of Congress, who, Roll Call reports, have been dodging paying citations for some time. more ›

Spring must really be right around the corner, because the District's Department of Public Works is already planning on resuming residential street sweeping later this month. Daytime mechanical street sweeping is set to return on Monday, March 22, with enforcement of alternate-side parking restrictions returning a week later, on March 29. Street sweeping tickets cost $30 a pop, so be sure to mark your calendar to remember to start moving your car again in a few weeks. more ›

The D.C. Department of Public Works suspended street cleaning for the winter starting on Friday, Nov. 6, a fact which they did not announce until Monday, Nov. 9. On top of not getting the word out until the following Monday, it appears they didn't manage to let all of their parking enforcement officers know of the change on time, either. Several residents reported getting street-sweeping related tickets on Monday and Tuesday, which led to some fairly intense back-and-forths on various neighborhood email lists. Here's a sampling of what went down on Tuesday on the Columbia Heights community email list:

• "What is someone from DPW giving out incorrect information? folks in Columbia heights be on alert ... street cleaning doe snot end until Nov 20"
• "No. Street cleaning ended. It's just that the enforcement agencies didn't pay attention. more ›

Just when you thought the District's willingness to give out tickets couldn't get any more zealous, the District Department of Transportation has just completed training their first batch of Traffic Control Officers who are now authorized to issue traffic citations, according to a news release. more ›

In case you haven't been paying attention to the ins and outs of the D.C. Council's recently passed FY 2010 budget, here are some of the highlights. Also see Tim Craig, Gary Emerling and Michael Neibauer for more coverage. more ›

Give thanks! The annual winter parking ticket reprieve, courtesy the D.C. Department of Public Works, finally arrives this Friday, when the city will suspend alternate-side residential street sweeping for the season. The official release is just about to be posted to the DPW web site, according to spokesperson Linda Grant, but here's the text from the announcement:

The DC Department of Public Works (DPW) announced today that weekly (signed), residential mechanical street cleaning will end for the season Friday, November 28, 2008. “No parking/street cleaning” restrictions will be lifted and motorists may park along posted, alternate-side, daytime street sweeping routes without being required to move their cars on street-cleaning days. more ›

Federal workers may have had Christmas Eve off of work this year, but D.C. Department of Public Works parking enforcement officers apparently did not. No matter, though: DPW says it will dismiss tickets doled out during rush hour on Dec. 24, says WTOP. DPW Director William Howland Jr. explained that the agency believes "that many people thought enforcement was lifted since federal workers were given the day off." more ›

This WJLA story, about a group of residents on the 1300 block of Quincy Street NW who all got parking tickets for street cleaning violations last week, would be just a normal amount of frustrating, instead of blood-boilingly infuriating, were it not for this little nugget:Pender went to the 4th district police headquarters to find our why he and his neighbors got tickets anyway. "I talked to him and said I got a ticket for... more ›