Austin has more than $7.5 million in unpaid parking tickets

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The pain of parking and the threat of parking fines affect just about every person travelling to downtown Austin.
Heather Kilgore says parking downtown is such an issue it requires its own set of plans. “Parking absolutely dictates every plan that you make. Evening time, even sometimes during the daytime,” Kilgore said. “Do we Uber? Are we going to pay for parking?”
To keep parking spaces circulating, the Austin Transportation Department writes about 150,