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
32
2015
2016
Year over year Increase (%)
$8.7M
$10.9M
25%