Street Cleaning Chicago 2016

The chicago street cleaning season is expected to run from april 2 until early november though if it isn t snowing by then crews will continue to clean the streets beyond the end of the scheduled season.

Street cleaning chicago 2016. This explainer on how street sweeping in chicago works is part of a curious city story on whether street cleaning has a purpose beyond collecting ticket revenue. In january dss swept 4 359 miles compared to 275 miles. Residential streets sweeping program is underway. Chicago utilizes mechanical street sweepers to remove debris and litter from streets.

Please see your ward map schedule for sweeping dates. 2020 city of chicago. From april 1st through mid november bright orange temporary parking restrictions are posted at least 24 hours before sweeping service is scheduled to begin on any street to ensure curb to curb cleaning. In 2017 milder conditions also allowed dss to continue street cleaning along curb lanes center lanes and viaducts during the winter months.

During street sweeping season april 1 to mid november the chicago department of streets and sanitation uses mechanical street sweepers to remove debris and litter from streets weather permitting. However to view or use the files outside of a web browser you will need to use compression software and special gis software such as esri arcgis shapefile or google earth kml or kmz. Street sweepers move through the city by ward and each area has its own unique schedule. On weekdays from 9am to 2pm this sweeper tracker map will show real time locations of city street sweepers.

Gis shapefiles boundaries kml kmz street cleaning schedule 2016 parking. Residents can view street sweepers in real time using the sweeper tracker online tool. The data can be viewed on the chicago data portal with a web browser.