Archinect - News2024-11-21T22:27:01-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/89832860/in-los-angeles-walking-illegally-is-more-than-twice-as-expensive-as-parking-illegally
In Los Angeles, walking illegally is more than twice as expensive as parking illegally Archinect2013-12-27T14:00:00-05:00>2024-01-23T19:16:08-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bf/bfeffbcb7c08e9e68e03c58d3dfa56dc?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The city of Los Angeles is cracking down on pedestrians who sneak across streets when the traffic signal says “don’t walk.” But when you put a price on bad behavior, like being in a public street illegally, you see clearly what a city values.
The cheapest parking ticket in Los Angeles (pdf) is $58, and the one most commonly issued for parking in a prohibited zone is $73. Jaywalking—the term of art for a pedestrian crossing against the light—will cost you $197.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
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