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Update: “Alley cleaning is different. Our street cleaning definitely went until October 31”

“Dear PoPville,

Has DPW quietly changed street sweeping to end October 1 (as opposed to Oct 31) without telling anyone? All the street signs say street seeping goes through October 31, but I just saw this today:

DPW works to clean streets and alleys from the first Monday in April through September 30th. Alley cleaning is suspended from October 1st through March 31st. Alley Cleaning Services include cleaning up loose litter, debris, glass, gravel, sand, and liquid spills in the alley”

Have folks noticed if these signs have changed? (more…)


“Dear PoPville,

Over the summer as part of the installation of bike lanes on 11th Street NW in downtown, DDOT and DPW inexplicably removed disabled parking spaces on the north and south sides of the 1000 block of F Street NW, where no bike lanes were added. They moved the “no parking” signs so that the disabled spaces are now in no parking zones. Except they left the red disabled-only parking meters, (more…)



photo by Miki Jourdan

From MPD:

“On Friday, October 18, 2024, and Saturday, October 19, 2024, the annual Howard University Homecoming Celebration will take place in the District of the Columbia. In conjunction with this event, there will be parking restrictions and street closures that motorists should take into consideration: (more…)


“Dear PoPville,

Saturday at firehook on Q st nw (dupont circle) an entitled driver parked her car ON the sidewalk right in front of Firehook’s door. When confronted about her utter lack of civility, respect for rules and consideration for pedestrians, driver smirked and reacted with contempt. (more…)


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