(04-22) 19:42 PDT -- When city officials cut street sweeping in more than 20 neighborhoods in August to save cash, they knew that the change would lead to a loss in revenue from parking tickets.

Street-sweeping tickets, at $50 a pop, dropped 26 percent on the affected routes from October to December, compared with the previous year, according to city figures.

If that trend continues, the transit agency will be out more than $3.8 million per year in exchange for just $1 million in savings for the Department of Public Works.