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Milling/Construction Sweeping

Our stories on milling and construction sweeping are located in a sub-section off the site's home page. Read the stories.

Cleaning Bicycle Lanes

With 153 centerline miles of bicycle lanes in the city, Portland, OR, has bicycle lane cleaning down to a science. Read the story.

L.A. County Sweeping Contractor Provides Private Sector Perspective

The head of L.A. County's Nationwide Environmental Services sweeping company discusses the public/private relationship when it comes to the provision of street sweeping services. Read the story.

An Alternative to Performance Bonds for Municipal Street Sweeping

This long-time street sweeping contractor has developed municipal bonding alternatives for street sweeping that create a win/win for all concerned. Read the story.

Roadway Sweeping and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation in Japan

Masatoshi Sakai is a member of Japan's 'lead agency' when it comes to roadway sweeping. He talks about how porous pavementis changing the face of sweeping in Japan. Read the story.

Anatomy of a Street Sweeper Rescue Effort

Because sweeper entrapments are rare, when they do occur they often task the efforts of rescue crews. Read the story.

Municipal Sweeping Equipment Costs

This list is designed to help you account for all the costs associated with purchase and operation of street sweepers. Read the story.

Determining the Cost of a Municipal Sweeping Program

In pricing municipal sweeping bids, even experienced contractors and municipal sweeping managers have been known to make mistakes. There are many factors to take into account, and in this article our editor discusses many of them. Read the story.

Lease Financing for Street Sweepers is for Municipalities, Too!

This equipment leasing specialist provides the lowdown on why sweeper leasing can be a good fit for municipalities and other public agencies. Read the story.

Municipal Street Sweeping: Which is Better, In-house or Contracted Out?

Four sweeping contractors discuss the pros and cons of public or private provision of street sweeping services. Includes comments on topic from former public works director. Read the story.

Choosing a Single Sweeper

If you're a big city, you can probably afford to buy a sweeper for one purpose only. However, when you're small you have to buy one that can do everything, including leaves. If that's you, here's what you should consider. Read the story.

Should Municipal Sweeping Services Be Contracted to Private Sweeping Contractors?

Privatizing your municipal street sweeping operation can be highly cost-effective. Read the story.

Sweeping in L.A. County -- Force Account or Private?

L.A. County Program Manager, Mark Caddick, discusses the merits of force account sweeping versus the use of private contractors. Read the story.

'The Pride of Lions' Gives Street Sweeping a New Twist

Tourist destination, Nashville, Indiana, has cleaner streets because of the volunteer efforts of the local Lions Club.

Getting Public Works Competitive With the Private Sector

This advice on ways to get and stay competitive is helpful to both public and private sector sweeping organizations. Read the story.

Fundamentals of the Power Sweeping Business

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