Atlanta to outsource parking enforcement

Starting Sunday, Atlanta's on-street parking enforcement program will be managed by a private company, city officials announced Monday.

The program will be outsourced to Professional Account Management, LLC, a Duncan Solutions company, doing business as ParkAtlanta. The seven-year contract includes parking meter collections, right-of-way enforcement, parking citation processing, booting and towing.

The contract requires the company to provide the city $5.5 million a year. ParkAtlanta will install more than 200 multi-space parking meter pay stations that will accept coins, bills, and credit cards.