Cambridge Street Cleaning, What To Know 2018

CAMBRIDGE, MA — It's April and Spring and that is synonymous with cleaning for some, including the Cambridge Street Sweepers. Don't forget: Street cleaning is back on. Check the signs on your street or go to the link below to see your street cleaning schedule. But don't get towed. That's the worst.

Public Works mechanically sweeps each street in Cambridge once per month, April through December (if the weather isn't too crazy). Signs are posted on each residential street indicating the schedule. They want to make sure to get the entire street, so if you leave your car on a day when it's street cleaning day you will likely get a hefty ticket and towed.

Citywide street sweeping includes twice yearly vacuum sweeping to improve stormwater quality, according to officials.

Lest you think "monthly cleaning? Why so often" Well, compare that to Boston, where they sweep every week and shhh. Also Cambridge city squares get a daily clean: Street sweepers come by on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., and then weekends and holidays from 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. The hand-cleaning crew come by 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. Litter barrels in squares are emptied twice daily on weekdays and three times daily on weekends, according to the city.

The city also has a power washer is uses to clean public trash and recycling receptacles (no word on how often this happens), and they use it for a graffiti removal program.

Did you just have a "Dude, Where's My Car," moment? Here's the link to look it up in the Cambridge system to see where it may have been towed.

• Photo via Cambridge DPW Facebook