![["All of Charlottetown's parking meters are now smartcard compatible. Each has been outfitted with these numbered yellow stickers."]](https://saltwire.imgix.net/parking-meters-2743048.png?cs=srgb&fit=crop&h=568&w=847&dpr=1&auto=enhance%2Ccompress%2Cformat)
Parking commissionaires were busier in January compared to the same period last year.
A total of 2,827 parking tickets were written this January compared to 2,637 tickets written in January of 2017.
The number of nuisance bylaw tickets issued saw a big jump, from 59 tickets issued in January compared to 25 tickets issues in January of 2017.
The numbers of tickets issued under the dog bylaw were also up, from 10 tickets in January of 2017 to 19 tickets in 2018.
