Until recently, Macario Martínez was one of the thousands of fluorescent-green uniformed street sweepers in Mexico City, toiling with their long-bristled brushes in 8-hour shifts for about $10 a day.

When: Columbia Borough Council meeting, Nov. 13. Mayor Leo Lutz was absent. What happened: Council approved two resolutions to apply for Local Share Account grants. One will be for a new street ...

Workers take an electric street sweeper past a shared fuel station on a test run at the city of Vancouver Public Works office March 7, 2023. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files) Nearly two years after ...

Jose Lopez maintains Merced streets by operating street sweeper trucks daily. Lopez manages heavy equipment, multitasks daily, and values public interaction. Street sweeping helps prevent contaminants ...

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Because street sweepers routinely sweep pavement of different ages, conditions and design, more and more units are being ordered with a tilt-adjuster option on the gutter brooms, and most ...