EXHIBIT 32.2

                           SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION

         In connection with the Annual Report of Central Parking Corporation
(the "Company") on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2003 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23, 2003 (the "Report"), I,
Mark Shapiro, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company,
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

         (1)      The Report fully complies with the requirements of section
                  13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

         (b)      The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
                  all material respects, the financial condition and results of
                  operations of the Company.



                                         /s/ MARK SHAPIRO
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                                         Mark Shapiro
                                         Senior Vice President and Chief
                                         Financial Officer

         A SIGNED ORIGINAL OF THIS WRITTEN STATEMENT REQUIRED BY SECTION 906 HAS
BEEN PROVIDED TO CENTRAL PARKING CORPORATION AND WILL BE RETAINED BY CENTRAL
PARKING CORPORATION AND FURNISHED TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR
ITS STAFF UPON REQUEST.

         The foregoing certification is being furnished solely to accompany the
Report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss 1350, and is not being filed for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not to be
incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or
after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such
filing. This certification is executed as of December 23, 2003.