Comments on: Citizen Journalism: USC Student Reveals Flaws in Citys Street Cleaning and Parking Enforcement

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:10:30 +0000

Great video – I love the accountability element of it. We need more videos like this

By: Joe Linton

Joe Linton — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:36:04 +0000

fyi – Street cleaning is required as part of the city’s stormwater permit. Theoretically it keeps pollution out of the river and the ocean… though I don’t know how effective it is at pollution prevention.

By: Damien Newton

Damien Newton — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:59:28 +0000

Crocodile tears means an insincere show of emotion.
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And I don’t even feel bad enough to fake crying.

By: Wad

Wad — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:06:44 +0000

While you won’t catch me crying crocodile tears for the drivers in Schraeder’s piece …

That’s a good thing.

Crocodile tears means an insincere show of emotion.

By: velocipedus

velocipedus — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:34:03 +0000

Has anyone calculated the benefit (or less) of street cleaning: Are we ready to think of street cleaning as an environmental load? Weekly trip generation by moving cars, dust generation, exhaust fumes, the whole carbon story: Everybody likes a CLEAN street, yeah, but what about the benefits less cleaning activity (Let’s not be too anal about this, they say cleanliness can even be a source of allergies etc) And why would I use my bicycle today if I have to move the car anyhow because of street cleaning…

By: Erik

Erik — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:35:10 +0000

You mean parking enforcement is largely done for the revenue!? SHOCKER.

I wonder what sort of performance metric street sweeping has, if any. 66% is not very good coverage. As a cyclist who is supposed to ride as far to the right as practicable. Regular street sweeping is pretty advantageous.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:20:03 +0000

The guy who got the “unfair” ticket is silly … he didn’t know street sweeping wasn’t coming when he decided to park there, he’s just upset that he got a ticket when the street sweeping wasn’t done. I’d only be sympathetic if he parked in a zone after the sweeper had come through but before time was up, in which case it’s a much more clear case of abuse.

By: DJB

DJB — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:26:18 +0000

This story does a good job of illustrating the sense of entitlement drivers feel to street space. The unasked question seems to be why is the city so broke that it doesn’t sweep all of the streets every week? Maybe we need a state where it doesn’t take a super majority vote to raise tax revenue for basic public health services like street cleaning (or for that matter, street and sidewalk maintenance).