Speaking of littering...

[boywonder.livejournal.com]

...has anyone noticed the number of "Reminders" about street cleaning blowing down the streets? I counted 6 on my walk home from work tonight. Aside from the littering aspect, there has to be a greener way to notify residents about street cleaning than printing up full sized sheets of paper to put on all the cars parked on Somerville streets.

I didn't actually read it, just could see that it was reminding residents street cleaning begins April 1st. Does anyone know if this was executed by the city itself?

Comments

[boywonder.livejournal.com]

If people aren't responsible enough to read parking signs when they park their cars, especially if they live in the city of Somerville and are aware that street sweeping occurs, then they deserve to get a ticket. Yeah, sometimes we forget and rush around in the morning to move the car or come outside to find a ticket, but that just comes with living in a large city.

It's a waste of money and resources to print out all of those fliers. It's even worse because people just throw the reminders onto the ground and clutter up the streets and sidewalks. Robo-calls and emails are plenty for extra reminders about the issue, no need to create more waste.

[gruene.livejournal.com]

It increases the number of people who move their cars when street sweeping starts, meaning the streets get cleaner sooner, so therefore is not a waste. For everyone person like you who is offended, there are probably ten who appreciate the reminder.

[boywonder.livejournal.com]

I'd rather the city ticket those people who don't move on the first go around, generate some income, and then those people who were ticketed will now be hyper-aware of the dates of street sweeping. everyone wins.

[smoterh.livejournal.com]

Nothing on the sign says when the street sweeping is in effect. If it was, I would think that paper reminders are not necessary. But I'm glad I got mine yesterday.

[geekpixie.livejournal.com]

My signs in my neighborhood (Ward 7) say No Parking on x day April through December...with the December a Sticker over the previous month which was either October or November, so they do say dates, as far as I know.

[boywonder.livejournal.com]

Yes, the signs do clearly indicate when street cleaning is in effect. Specifically, which days and from what time.

[closetalker11.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing that the city is looking to prevent the "I didn't know it was sweep time and you're just trying to make money off my mistake" calls that they probably get at the beginning of April every year.

I'm also guessing that the non-color Xeorxing is a pretty negligible expense.

As for the waste, hopefully continually more people will have access to the various types of non-paper reminders so that, over the next few years, the city can phase this out.