There has been a significant decrease in the number of illegally parked cars since private parking wardens started patrolling city streets last month, according to the National Police Agency.</PARAGRAPH> <PARAGRAPH>'As a result of reinforced regulations, incidents of illegal parking have declined,' an NPA official said Wednesday. 'The new system continues to have –

effects."

Between the parking wardens and police, 154,125 illegally parked vehicles were reported for the month of June, or about 5,140 per day, down 520 a day from the previous year, according to the NPA.

Commissioned by 270 police stations in 102 municipalities nationwide, the private parking wardens wrote 48,681 tickets, nearly one-third of the total number handed out, according to the agency.