They’re as sure a sign of spring in Denver as daffodils and sunburns: rows of cars tagged with tickets for parking where street sweepers were scheduled to work.
With the street-sweeping season kicking off today, drivers should know that the city and a private interest are using technology to provide drivers with helpful reminders that it’s time to move the car.
The city offers a program in which people can sign up to receive e-mail alerts in advance of sweeping.
In 2009, the city signed up 427 addresses for e-mail reminders. So far this year, it has 135 people registered for the service.
Also, a company called Honest Bros. has partnered with Denver-based ID345 to create a program that sends text alerts to patrons the day of or day before their home street sweeping is scheduled to occur.
Those participating can tailor the text message to set the days they want to be alerted and what time of day, either 7 a.m. or 7 p.m.
Eric Hines, the owner of Honest Bros., said that as of midday Tuesday, 43 people had signed up for the service.
Honest Bros. has been canvassing neighborhoods in the city and putting fliers on cars alerting people to the service.
He said he plans to sell sponsorships to other businesses as a way to raise revenue from the program.
Hines said he hopes to spread the service into other cities in Colorado and around the nation.
Christopher N. Osher: 303-954-1747 or cosher@denverpost.com
How to get street-sweeping alerts
City of Denver e-mail alerts:
Honest Bros. text messages
