Winter is, sadly, coming soon.
Mayor Daley, after getting his proverbial butt spanked last year for cutbacks to snow removal because of budget deficits.
GPS, Cameras To Improve Snowplow Efficiency
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Remember? Side streets weren't getting plowed. Chicagoans nearly revolted.
This year the city is doing two things.
First, the city is willing to pay overtime to snowplow drivers this year, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Not only that, but all snowplows are going to be outfit with GPS units and Chicago's' vast network of cameras will be used to efficiently route snow trucks according to a piece on the NBC Chicago website. This technology will allow Streets & Sanitation to drastically cut supervisory staff because the city can remotely follow snowplow trucks and hopefully improve the efficiency of snowplow deployment.
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