Street sweeping reminder service- July 11, 2006 One thing that makes the increasingly urbified California city more civil is effective street-sweeeping. Two years ago, I suggested to family and friends that someone ought to start a service to automatically remind car owners to move their cars on appointed street-sweeping days. Now, that service exists, and it can remind you via email or via messages to your mobile phone. Here's an article about the service from the East Bay Daily News, June 15, 2006, which is not archived online:Parking...http://urbification.blogspot.com/2006/07/street-sweeping-reminder-service.html Another kind of NIMBY- July 7, 2006 I hope nothing like this ever occurs in the Bay Area. Maybe Prop. 13 makes it impossible.http://urbification.blogspot.com/2006/07/another-kind-of-nimby.html |