The analysis tied rising ticket debt to Chapter 13 filings and reported historical towing, storage, and boot-removal charges. Methodology relied on court data and Census-based ward demographics, not a complete causal registry.
In 2007, there were roughly 1,000 Chapter 13 bankruptcies involving debt to the city. In 2017, there were more than 10,000.
Investigation
The analysis tied rising ticket debt to Chapter 13 filings and reported historical towing, storage, and boot-removal charges. Methodology relied on court data and Census-based ward demographics, not a complete causal registry.