Used to live in DC, live in Philly now. Parking enforcement is a critical public service. Without it your city will turn into Philly: people park on the crosswalks, they park on the sidewalk. They park on people's private yards. They will turn the center lane of wide boulevards into a parking lane. They will double and triple park on the sidewalk. They will park in the single traffic lane of small streets. The sheer obstruction of cars in Philly is at a critical mass.

This is all because our parking enforcement agency restricts itself to enforcement in metered/permitted zones and literally ignores everywhere else. The police won't touch parking enforcement with a 10' pole.

The out of control parking is significantly diminishing quality of life. Some streets you have to walk in the road to get around cars parked on the sidewalk.

Effective parking enforcement is a critical public service.