 | This article needs to be updated. (December 2016) |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | January 11, 1950 |
| Jurisdiction | Philadelphia |
| Headquarters | 701 Market Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106[1] 39°57′21″N 75°11′07″W / 39.95581°N 75.185357°W |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
| Website | www |
The Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) is an agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that manages many parking operations for Philadelphia.[2] The PPA was created by the Philadelphia City Council on January 11, 1950, for the purpose of conducting research for management of off-street parking and establishing a permanent, coordinated system of parking facilities in the city.[3][4] Since then, the PPA's scope has expanded to include parking operations at the Philadelphia International Airport, most street-parking policy enforcement, and regulation and enforcement of taxicabs and limousines.[3]
The PPA's status as an agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania rather than the City of Philadelphia allows for the Republican-controlled state authorities to offer patronage positions in the largely Democratic city.[a][5] The former board chairman Joseph Ashedale has over 10 family members on the agency's payroll.[6] An audit found the former PPA's director, former Republican state representative Scott Petri, did not meet the minimum qualifications of the job description and his $210,000 salary was above comparable positions in other cities.[7]
The Parking Authority:
- Generates needed revenue for the city
- Coordinates the parking efforts of public agencies
- Builds and operates public parking facilities
- Does planning and analysis of parking requirements
to provide full parking services for Philadelphia residents, businesses and visitors.[4]
In popular culture it is the basis of the reality television show Parking Wars.
- ^ "Philadelphia Parking Authority - Fact Sheet". Archived from the original on 2012-01-26. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
Headquarters Located: 3101 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104
- ^ "CITY OF PHILADELPHIA v. RENDELL". Retrieved 2019-08-18.
- ^ a b "Performance Audit Report Philadelphia Parking Authority Employment Policies and Procedures" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-08-18.
- ^ a b "Philadelphia Parking Authority - History". Archived from the original on 2012-01-26. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
- ^ Tricia L. Nadolny and Angela Couloumbis (2016-10-02). "How the Parking Authority became a Republican patronage haven". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ Seidman, Andrew (26 July 2019). "'Ashdale family tree': Philadelphia Parking Authority has hired 10 relatives of board chairman Joseph Ashdale". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ ""Philly's parking agency still overpays executives and has too many political patronage jobs, audit finds"". 9 December 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
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