In LA, walking illegally is more than twice as expensive as parking illegally

[JumpCrisscross]

http://qz.com/161643/in-los-angeles-walking-illegally-is-more-than-twice-as-expensive-as-parking-illegally/

[dragonwriter]

Parking illegally is less likely to be a safety issue than jaywalking, and both inconvenience lawful traffic, so its quite sensible that jaywalking has the greater penalty.