Department of Community & Economic Development Annual Report 2016

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Parking Facilities One unique strength of the Department

functionality, provide data that allows

of Community and Economic

the Parking Facilities team to reduce

Development is the inclusion of the

downtime of out-of-service meters and

Parking Facilities Division.

implement predictive enforcement in high traffic areas during peak hours.

The Parking Facilities staff is committed to providing high-quality customer

Figure 5 outlines the increases in revenue

service to ensure the needs of our

in FY2016.

residents, visitors, and workforce are met.

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

This is done through an entrepreneurial model that uses the latest technologies and data to enhance the user experience

Cincy EZPark

and develop a parking system that

The City of Cincinnati has partnered

supports the active and thriving

with Conduent (formally Xerox) for

Downtown environment of tomorrow.

on-street parking services since 2014. After bringing the first iteration of

BUDGET AND REVENUE

the City’s mobile parking application,

The FY2016 operating budget for Parking

PassportParking, launched in 2015,

Facilities Division was approximately

Conduent and Passport delivered a

$12.7 million.

new Cincy EZPark-branded application to provide more convenient payment

The revenue from our parking operations

options for customers in Cincinnati.

increased, in part, due to our ability to deploy technological upgrades to the

In upcoming years, we hope to build

City’s parking meters in calendar year

real-time parking availability information,

2015 (CY2015). These upgrades have

bus schedules, bike share availability and

helped to improve overall parking meter

passes, and more into the application.

FIGURE 5: PARKING FACILITIES DIVISION REVENUE

Revenue

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2015

2016

Year over year Increase (%)

$8.7M

$10.9M

25%


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