{"id":2089,"date":"2013-12-04T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T09:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=2089"},"modified":"2013-12-04T09:22:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T09:22:00","slug":"the-case-for-year-round-streetsweeping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=2089","title":{"rendered":"The Case for Year-Round Street Sweeping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em> <a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb88834019b0214a984970c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"-street-sweeping-case-for-year-round-\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb88834019b0214a984970c\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb88834019b0214a984970c-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"-street-sweeping-case-for-year-round-\" \/><\/a><br \/><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, we walked by gutters filled with leaves and trash. The City of Boston forgot to tell Mother Nature that we only clean the leaves until November 30th, so she&#39;d better make sure they all fall by then.<\/p>\n<p>Even if our fall leaf season doesn&#39;t extend into December, the litter season in Boston is year-round. We also have a natural phenomenon called snow that makes its appearance from December 1st to March 31st.<\/p>\n<p>Now, imagine what the city could look like and how easy it would be for everyone to get around and park cars to the curb, if the streets could be cleared to the curb on the next street cleaning day after a storm.<\/p>\n<p>With the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofboston.gov\/publicworks\/sweeping\/remindme.asp\" target=\"_self\">city&#39;s excellent notification system<\/a>, it would be very easy to cancel street sweeping any time the conditions would not allow it. It&#39;s far more difficult to get cars to move with less warning in order to remove snow or give the streets a sweep when weather permits.<\/p>\n<p>What&#39;s your take on year-round street sweeping?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a Holiday Gift? Remember <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=bostonzestcom-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957\" target=\"_blank\">to click over to Amazon<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=bostonzestcom-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" width=\"1\" \/> from here to support this site!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"250\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=bostonzestgiftshop-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=gift_certificates&amp;banner=127JF9E4530CSFRCY4R2&amp;f=ifr\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>&#0160;<\/em><\/span><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Words: Penny &amp; Ed Cherubino<br \/>Photography: \u00a9 2013 Penny &amp; Ed Cherubino&#0160;&#0160; <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. 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