Scheduled Residential and Commercial Street Sweeping

DPW cleans residential and arterial streets using mechanical sweepers of various sizes. Every year, between March and October, these sweepers operate along residential streets where signs are posted restricting parking during street sweeping hours. A $45 ticket may be issued for violating these restrictions.

Golf cart-size sweepers, known as litter vacs, are used to vacuum litter from gutters and sidewalks in commercial areas, and larger sweepers are used along freeways and main arterials, which are swept year-round, at night, depending on the temperature.

Request the following services by calling 311 or using 311.dc.gov.

Street Sweeping

DPW residential street sweeping program operates in densely-populated neighborhoods with high-volume pedestrian traffic. You can sign a petition to request residential street sweeping. The petition must be signed by at least 80% of a block’s residents indicating their agreement to honor the street sweeping parking restrictions.

Mechanical residential street sweeping is suspended during the winter because the sweepers emit a fine spray of water that can freeze and cause pedestrian and vehicular accidents.