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Nine Districts Have Seen Zero Repaving This Year. How Does Yours Measure Up?

Recent city reports show L.A. resurfacing small streets to avoid multimodal and accessibility mandates. This practice has steered street resources to wealthier neighborhoods.

Down Goes Service Bar’s Streatery on U Street

926-928 U Street, NW Thanks to Natalia for sending yesterday afternoon from in front of my friend Eric’s top five favorite bar in DC, Service Bar: “Streatery is down.” Anyone […]

From stormwater to crosswalks: municipal staff update Kansas City advisory committee on all things infrastructure

An uptick in the backlog of sidewalk repairs is one concern among several achievements. The post From stormwater to crosswalks: municipal staff update Kansas City advisory committe...

What Lubbock Street Maintenance Is Really Responsible For

Ever wonder how Lubbock prioritizes road repairs or who cleans the alley behind your home? Here is a breakdown of how the city maintains streets, handles sweeping requests, and wha...

Your guide to L.A. City Charter Amendment LA: Restructuring public works administration

Los Angeles City Charter Amendment LA looks to change the way the city manages its budget and administers public works to more efficiently deliver basic city services such as repai...

All Services Under One Roof

Community Supported Shelters, which first opened its doors in Lane County in 2013, is opening a brand-new center consolidating services under one roof at 4:30 … Continue reading →

Boston seeks expanded sidewalk amenities in advertising contract

Checking in on Service Bar’s New Streatery – Looking Good!

926-928 U Street, NW Thanks to Topher (and others) for sending the Service Bar Streatery rebuild update: “Construction is coming along nicely. Smaller than before but a nice outdoo...

Nuevos adoquines para las calzadas de la calles Príncipe, Prado y laterales de la plaza Santa Ana

La delegada de Obras y Equipamientos, Paloma García Romero, ha visitado esta mañana los trabajos de renovación del adoquinado de la calle del Príncipe y otras vías de este entorno...

“(Un)Safe & Beautiful Task Force”

“Dear PoPville, Not sure if others are seeing vehicles of all sorts with these task force printouts on the dash, parked anywhere they want, including blocking a fire hydrant on […]

Lane closures coming to Kakaʹako streets starting Sept. 14

Partial lane closures are scheduled to begin on several streets in Kakaʻako on Monday, Sept. 14, due to planned pavement repairs by the City and County of Honolulu.

This Week In Livable Streets

Transit Month, project delivery, Anaheim Street, PSAC and more

Busy Toronto roadway gets much needed repairs; road crews also repaired other city streets this summer

Last March, several drivers reached out to Speakers Corner asking us to visit what they argued was the worst street in the city when it came to potholes. Deep craters dotted a long...

Boston requests proposals for new street furniture program

Boston requests proposals for new street furniture program Zachary Whalen Sun, 09/13/2026 - 09:00 Primary Image Primary Image Capti...

Plaza mess gets cleared

A major dumping site at Liberty Avenue Plaza was cleared Sept. 22 by the city Department of Sanitation after residents alerted City Councilmember Joann Ariola’s office to the probl...

311 Issues Persist – Blood and Graffiti

Thanks to T. for passing on Joy’s disturbing report: “explain why my 311 service request was closed without action, stating “rain will clear it”? Why couldn’t DPW be bothered to […...

Commissioner SMC launches online waste bin booking service for Sgrcity

SRINAGAR: Commissioner, Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC), Faz Lul Haseeb, along with Joint Commissioner SMC, Suhail Ul Islam on Thursday launched the Online Waste Bin Booking S...

“Trash in 14th St Alley”

“Dear PoPville, This alley between S and R St NW behind the 1400 block of 14th Street, NW has a continuous layer of grease and the trash over flows, today […]