Mar 22, 2010
Don’t Forget, Street Sweeping Resumes Today
Photo courtesy dpw.dc.gov We told you before, and now we’re telling you again. Residential street sweeping starts back up in the District today, with all the alternate side parking restrictions (and $30 parking tickets) that come along with them. Although to clarify, you still have a week to get used to the old routine, as enforcement won’t resume until next Monday, March 29. Also worth remembering: DPW’s “Sweepercam” license plate recognition technology is back…
Mar 23, 2009
Reminder: Street Sweeping Begins Again Today
As we noted a couple of weeks ago, mechanical street sweepers will once again exert their significant muscle over local car owners starting today. Of course, technically, the District won’t start handing out tickets for violations until the March 30 — but considering the current budget crisis, we wouldn’t want to be pushing the limits of anything involving the District and fines its agencies are collecting. Anyway, be sure to keep your eyes peeled for…
Photo courtesy dpw.dc.gov The District Department of Public Works has announced the date when residential streets will begin being serviced again by mechanical street sweepers: Monday, March 23. That date marks when alternate-side street sweeping-related parking restrictions go back into effect after the winter season, though the city gives us a week to get used to it again before issuing $30 tickets: those won’t start until March 30. The resumption of street sweeping comes…
Aug 04, 2008
‘SweeperCam’ Begins Today with Warnings
The District’s Department of Public Works today begins using its new “SweeperCam” technology, those cameras attached to street sweepers that can take photos of illegally parked cars and issue parking citations to them. In a press release, the department says that for the next 45 days, illegally parked cars caught on the “SweeperCam” will receive warnings only. Regular tickets with fines attached will be issued beginning October 14, 2008. DPW officials stressed that the goal…