Independent analyses of parking and camera citation data published by city governments, prepared July 2026. Each report documents its sources, methodology, and limitations, and is available as a web page or a print-ready PDF. Partnership inquiries: partnerships@thetrafficapp.app
$334.4M in open citation balances across 2.98 million citations — 27% of every citation ever issued. Penalties, not fines, make up roughly 71% of the sampled open balance, and camera citations account for 66% of open volume but only 30% of open dollars — an awareness problem more than an ability-to-pay problem.
$1.72B outstanding across 14.1 million open violations. In the sampled open-balance rows, 90.8% had already gone to judgment, and 41% of the charges levied were penalty and interest rather than the underlying fine — costs that timely notification avoids. About 43% of open rows sit on out-of-state plates.
1.50 million citations and $166.4M in fines in one year across 531,743 distinct plates. Repeat plates dominate: vehicles cited two or more times received 78% of all citations and dollars, and the most-cited plate drew 314 citations in twelve months — a notification and behavior problem, not an enforcement gap.
44.8% of citations go unpaid — $2.88M outstanding in the city's most recent published window. Unpaid citations average $142 versus $126 for paid ones as late penalties compound, and the 2022 cohort was still 35% unpaid after more than two years of collection time.