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Public Works details rising street-cleaning demand, pilots sensors and pit stops
Summary
Public Works told the Budget and Finance Committee it has expanded pit stops to 25 sites and hired apprentices and nonprofit partners, but service orders, needle pickups and illegal dumping are increasing; staff described sensor pilots for trash cans and budget priorities including tree establishment and nighttime median crews.
Bruce Robertson, finance manager for San Francisco Public Works, told the Budget and Finance Committee on May 15 that the city is handling a growing volume of street‑cleaning requests even as it expands programs aimed at reducing blight. "We're up to 25" pit stop locations, Robertson said, and the city logged more than 45,000 monthly uses for pit stops in the first half of the fiscal year.
Robertson presented historical data showing service orders rising toward a projected 147,000–148,000 for the fiscal year and a corresponding uptick in tonnage collected (from about 26,000 tons last year to a projected 28,000). He said litter patrol is the largest category of calls and that steamer requests for feces and urine have…
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