Buy Yourself Your Own Street Sweeper
Ever dreamed of owning your very own street sweeper? Isn’t that every young child’s dream? Of course! Well for the current bid price of $500 you can indulge your inner child and operate your very own...
View ArticleFox Chicago News: Aldermen Cleaning up Chicago… One Street at a Time
Fox Chicago News and Mark Saxenmeyer do a bang up job in their television version of a story from The Expired Meter. Check out Fox Chicago News’ full story about Ald. Tunney & Ald. Waguespack...
View ArticleStreet Sweeping Mini-Controversy In West Town
Some drivers in West Town are trying to get some street justice, or actually street cleaning justice. According to CBS 2′s Jay Levine, a number of residents in that neighborhood are upset they got...
View ArticleDIY Street Cleaning Signs
Reader Dana Kupper captured a photo of this handmade sign in the 4100 block of north Ashland reminding drivers to move their cars so they don’t get ticketed for street cleaning. Seemingly, this sign...
View Article1st Ward Debuts Free Street Cleaning Text Alerts
Drivers Get Warnings Night Before, Morning Of, To Move Car First ward Chicago alderman Proco Joe Moreno may have been in office only four months, but he’s already ahead of his aldermanic colleagues...
View ArticleCity Street Sweeping Schedule Still Not Posted
Street Cleaning Season Begins In Two Days Screen shot from Streets & Sanitation website UPDATE 11:36 AM: New street cleaning schedule is posted at Streets & Sanitation website. UPDATE 9:33 AM:...
View ArticleParking Ticket 101: Street Cleaning
Tips For Avoiding & Contesting Street Cleaning Violations Street cleaning season in Chicago officially kicks off this Friday, April 1st. While parking tickets are frustrating, perhaps the most...
View ArticleDOR Stands Down On Street Sweeping Enforcement
Street cleaning in Chicago officially ended on Halloween. But, often when the weather cooperates, Streets & Sanitation continues to try sweep streets when it can. Considering all the leaves that...
View ArticleStreet Cleaning Season Begins Monday Morning
Bright orange cardboard signs heralding the start of Chicago’s street cleaning season began popping up on trees, light poles, and sign posts at the end of last week in anticipation of the season’s...
View ArticleStreet Cleaning Good Samaritan
Who ever you are, thanks! Your identity is unknown to us and we’ve never had to actually park on the 4100 block of North Ashland Avenue on a Wednesday or any day for that matter. But the fact that you...
View ArticleMove Your Car, Street Cleaning Season Starts Monday
Make sure you pay attention to the orange signs warning of street sweeping starting MondayIn Chicago, spring doesn’t really begin until April 1. While spring technically began March 20, many Chicagoans...
View ArticleParking Tickets Continue Despite Broken Street Cleaning Signs
Street cleaning signs in the Tri-Taylor area don't work, but the city continues to issue parking tickets. Residents in the Tri-Taylor neighborhood are frustrated and confused their cars continue to be...
View ArticleWBEZ Explains Chicago Style Street Cleaning
A listener to WBEZ 91.5 FM posed a question to the stations excellent Curious City producers asking, “What’s the deal with street cleaning? Does it actually do anything?” The listener contended that...
View ArticleStreet Sweeping Extended Into December In Some Neighborhoods
No, it’s not your imagination if you see orange street cleaning warning signs this month. The city is extending the street sweeping season a few weeks this year. Don’t be surprised if you see bright...
View ArticleCar Pal iPhone App Helps Drivers Avoid Parking Tickets
iPhone app Car Pal helps drivers avoid Chicago parking tickets including street cleaning, expired meter and Winter Overnight Parking Ban tickets. Photo credit: Car Pal. Varun Goel and Gaurav Goyal...
View ArticleChicago’s Street Cleaning Season Starts Tuesday
Chicago’s street sweepers will hit the street Tuesday, the first day of Chicago’s street cleaning season. Every year in Chicago, April 1st marks the first day of the city’s street cleaning season. But...
View ArticleVigilante Sign Makers Warn Drivers It’s Street Sweeping Day
A bright pink sign posted just below a permanent street cleaning sign reminds drivers to move their cars.Some unknown and possibly masked do-gooder in the Wicker Park neighborhood is taking justice...
View ArticleWinter Overnight Parking Ban Ends, Street Cleaning Season Begins
Spring is here! How do we know? Because the city’s Winter Overnight Parking Ban is ending and street cleaning season is beginning. April 1st is the annual date for the end to the prohibition of parking...
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