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We haven't yet gotten the official press release from the Department of Public Works, but the agency's online public calendar shows that residential street sweeping is set to resume on Monday, March 24. As happens every winter, street sweeping and the parking restrictions that come along with it were suspended on Nov. 30.
Here's how DPW describes its street sweeping regime:
Mechanical street sweeping is a weekly service in heavily trafficked residential sections of Wards 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. In other residential areas, unscheduled cleaning takes place on an "as needed" basis—generally monthly or quarterly. Street and Alley Cleaning crews also respond to individual requests for one-time street cleaning. Commercial areas' cleaning cycles range from daily to weekly.Along with the return of street cleaning machines to residential streets comes alternate-side parking restrictions in high traffic neighborhoods. We suggest beginning to obey all posted street sweeping parking restrictions now, so you don't forget and end up with a pesky ticket. Violations carry a $30 fine for vehicles parked during street sweeping hours in areas posted with “No Parking/Street Cleaning” signs, and parked cars may be towed to allow the sweepers access to the curbside. Typically though, the city gives automobile-owning residents a week or so after street sweeping begins before they start issuing tickets (last year's sweeping resumed on March 26, but tickets didn't start being handed out until April 2).
Image courtesy DPW
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Those look like the old-style streetsweepers. Didn't DPW just spent a $83 million on new ones with special built-in filters to catch chicken bones, Velikoff vodka bottles, and looseleaf homework?
Did anyone actually tell the meter maids that residential street sweeping had been suspended?
I'm convinced that street sweeping is just another weapon in DC's war against its own citizens. On my street, the street sweeper would typically come by about 15 minutes before the restrictions were in effect, essentially serving no purpose. The ticket writers would then casually waltz through exactly 16 minutes later to nail anyone who hadn't moved their car for the street sweeper that had already been through.
I really can't wait until they install those automated parking ticket cameras, because the 99.4% efficiency with which our parking ticket system currently operates is obviously a real problem compared to other government functions.
nope, we just pick all that stuff up by hand at treebox vodka neighborhood cleanups. don't forget the needles too!
"We suggest beginning to obey all posted street sweeping parking restrictions now, so you don't forget and end up with a pesky ticket."
No thanks! I'm going to enjoy my last couple weeks of NOT playing shuffle-the-car-around-all-week.
"We suggest beginning to obey all posted street sweeping parking restrictions now, so you don't forget and end up with a pesky ticket."
No thanks! I'm going to enjoy my last couple weeks of NOT playing shuffle-the-car-around-all-week.
Why do they even bother stopping the street sweeping for winter? It doesn't snow that much, and they can just stop it as-needed. There are tons of trash on the streets, just waiting to be swept up.
Perhaps this is a silly question, but why is there no street sweeping in Ward 3?
Do all of the rich people in Chevy Chase not make enough dirt?
Perhaps this is a silly question, but why is there no street sweeping in Ward 3?
Do all of the rich people in Chevy Chase not make enough dirt?
Mr. T: they stop in the winter because the colder temperatures would freeze the water left by the street cleaners.
Helen: They don't service Ward 3 because those neighborhoods aren't as pedestrian as, say Ward 1. Less to clean up.
Ironically though, they don't sweep in from of my house in Adams Morgan. One onehand, it's gross because the street is always fithly and littered. But on the otherhand we don't have to play "car-parking roulette". I guess because it's only one block, Jim Graham hasn't made it one of his causes celebres.
DC has street cleaning?
Can't they just turn off the water, and use the brush part "dry" in the winter? Or, set the darn things to "vacuum only" to suck up trash, without any brush action at all. Now that's what we need in this town, giant Dyson vacuums as street sweepers.
Haha, if they did that, wouldn't that create a giant dust cloud?
Cue DC1974 to come on here and tell us how much better the street sweepers are in San Francisco.