Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells has been fielding some complaints of late. Wells' chief of staff Charles Allen says constituents in Capitol Hill are griping about their vehicles disappearing when they park in the way of the city's robo-snitch, Sweepercam. Attached to a number of D.C. street sweepers, the technology records the license plate numbers of parking violators [...]

Sweepercam (or is it "Sweeeperscam"?) is back.
"Today, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and Department of Public Works (DPW) Director William O. Howland, Jr. kicked off the District’s 2010 street sweeping program," reads the press release. "For the second year running, street sweeping will include Sweepercam, the District’s one-of-a-kind license plate recognition system."
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Bid adieu to your friendly neighborhood sweeper/undercover spy—it’s winter now, according to the Department of Public Works (DPW). Linda Grant, a DPW spokesperson, confirms that street sweeping ends today, and won’t resume again until the spring. She says, “It’s a little colder this year, and the machine’s spray can ice over the streets and cause [...]

Finding parking in Kent Boese's stomping grounds in the Park View/Petworth region often involves some trolling. Boese, however, had a lucky streak on a certain stretch of Park Place NW—his go-to spot. "The space is in front of my neighbors, and we get along well," says Boese, adding that he liked to park there because [...]