Officials want to remind Austinites that you can get a parking ticket dismissed this holiday season with certain proof.

While the reminder comes ahead of the free celebration in Downtown Austin for New Year's Eve, the offer actually stands year-round. (And it's been in effect for a long time.) All you have to do is prove that you left your car somewhere overnight to take a safe ride home.

The offer works for paid parking spaces in Austin. You can submit a receipt proving that you took a taxi, Uber, Lyft or public transit to go along with your parking ticket from the city, and the ticket could be dismissed.

Austin's Parking Ticket Waiver Program is part of an effort to curb drunk driving and traffic deaths. The site also offers safe and affordable ways to get around Austin, a CapMetro Trip Planner to find bus and train routes, how to use the city's scooters and bikeshare programs and more.

To get your parking ticket dismissed, fill out this Citation Dismissal Request form. [...]

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