D.C. rakes in $178m from drivers in past year

Published October 22, 2012 4:00am ET



The District sharply increased its take from traffic tickets in its most recent fiscal year, collecting about $178 million from drivers in a haul that outpaced the previous year’s by nearly one-third.

While D.C. has increasingly relied on — and banked plenty of money from — a network of traffic cameras throughout the city, more than half of last year’s $178.4 million collection came from other moving and parking violations.

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