(d)4 City Street Sweeping
Performance Status Report
John Ristow, Director of Transportation
Jennifer Seguin, Deputy Director
Binh Tran, Division Manager
Arian Collen, Division Manager
Transportation and Environment Committee
December 1, 2025
Purpose of Street Sweeping
● Street sweeping is included as a best practice requirement in the Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit issued to San José and prevents pollutants from entering storm drains and waterways – Sediment – Nutrients (fertilizers and animal waste) – Toxic metals – Organic material ● Removes small collections of litter and debris that can build up in gutters to improve street aesthetics
2 Program Overview
31,000
46%
36,000
54%
Annual Curb Miles Swept by Program
In-House Contractual
Contractor (Residential)
Frequency
• Once per month
• 14 enhanced sweeps/year
• Spot cleaning as needed
Parking Restrictions
• 24% of routes (367 miles)
City In-House Crews
Frequency
• Downtown - nightly
• Business Dist. – 2x/week
• Arterials/Connectors/Bikeways –
2x/month
Parking Restrictions
• 50% of routes (179 miles)
3 4
Street Sweeping Mileage Summary
Total Curb Miles with
Restrictive Signs
Average Curb Miles
Swept per Month**
Total Curb Miles of
All Routes
Total Linear Miles of
All Routes*
ACB 377 1,008 1,993 102
NBD 27 49 198 12
CBD‡ 28 66 264 65
RSS 1,505 3,010 3,010 367
Council District
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Signed 0 2.4 54.3 3.6 15.9 6.7 0.6 18.6 0 0 ACB All CM† 55.7 136.6 121.6 180.7 60.1 111.5 76.7 92.2 78 95.1 Signed 0 0 11.7 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 NBD All CM† 0 0 19.6 0 6 23 0.5 0 0 0 Signed 0 0 64.5 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 CBD All CM† 0 0 65.7 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 Signed 26.9 21.6 72 6.1 108.4 11.5 69.5 36.6 6.4 8.3 RSS All CM† 327.2 240.6 182.7 253.9 245.7 350.2 186.6 376.5 394.1 452.2 Overall Mileage Summary
Curb Mile Summary by Council District
Route Completion Tracking
City In-House Crews
● Route completion tracked
daily via GeoTab
● Missed areas completed on
Fridays
Contractor (Residential)
● Spot check with inspector
● Contractually obligated to
complete every route
91% 94% 98%
90% 94% 91% 88% 90% 88% 91% 91%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
120%
Route Completion Over Time (2014-2025)
5 Core Service Measurement
● City inspector assesses
sweeps
● Focus Area Survey results
● Based on 5-point scale
● ‘Good or Better’ rating
based upon effectiveness
and satisfaction with street
appearance (4 or greater on
a 1-5 scale)
*The Transportation Department collaborated with the City Manager’s Office to use the Focus Area survey question 14f (rating cleanliness of residential streets and sidewalks clean + somewhat clean).
58%
53%
65%
52%
59%
55%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
23-24 Actual 24-25 Actual 25-26 Target
Street Sweeping Effectiveness
% of swept curb miles rated by City as 'Good or Better' % of customers rating street sweeping services as 'Good or Better' * 6 Sweeping Barriers & Challenges
• Leaves and landscape debris piles
• Parked cars
• Low-hanging tree branches (14’ clearance needed) • Waste containers, cones, basketball hoops, boats 7 City In-House Crews
• Sweeper Operators employed by DOT
• City owns sweepers for downtown streets/bike lanes
• Routine sweeping and DOT sweepers respond to calls when needed
• Debris in the street • Police & Fire emergency cleanup • Waste Bins Program Implemented!
8 Contractor Residential
Street Sweeping (RSS)
● Sweepers Operators employed by
GreenWaste, contractor owns sweepers
● DOT inspection staff assess effectiveness of
contractual sweeping, respond to complaints
and other sweeping obstruction issues
● Inspection staff coordinate enhanced sweeps
and debris removal
● Track parking prohibition signage requests
and verify parking impacts
9 Inspectors utilize a tracking database to work
with property owners on obstructions: • Parked Cars – DOT leaves sweeping brochure and notifies Vehicle Abatement if
the vehicle continues to not move or is
inoperable • Tree Clearance – Door hanger is left to
encourage property owner to seek a
pruning permit from DOT. If no action is
taken, DOT will initiate the tree inspection • Obstructions in the Street – Door hanger is left to encourage property owner
to act. If no action is taken, DOT initiates
the inspection and removal
Tracking and Communicating
Trouble Spots
10 Costs to Add 100 Miles of Street Sweeping Signs
Parking Prohibition Signage (fab & install) $885,000
Parking Compliance Vehicles x 3 $155,000
Parking Compliance Unit Equipment $50,000
One Time Total $1,090,000
Additional Inspection staff $200,000
Sweeping Vendor Cost Increases $5,000
PCU Staff (3 Officers & 1 Supervisor). $800,000
Ongoing Cost Total* $1,005,000
11 Parking Enforcement Activities
Signed Street Sweep Restrictions: • 546 miles
• 100 unique sweep zones
• 13.2% of curb miles
FY 24-25 Street Sweep Violations: • Enforcement Method: citations • 66,000+ citations issued to 45,000
vehicles
• 90% of vehicles cited 2 or fewer times
• 1.3% of vehicles cited 6 or more times
• Approximately 72% of citations were
issued in in areas with high Equity Atlas
scores (8, 9, and 10)
12 Sweeping Lookup Tool
Residents and businesses can look up their sweep day at:
www.sjenvironment.org/lookup (ESD website) and via SJ 311 App 13 • Perform 19 enhanced sweeps in FY 25-26
• Draft budget proposal to add mileage to
inventory
• Consider use of new technology to improve
effectiveness and efficiency
• Develop a condition rating tool that can be
utilized by the public to help identify trouble
spots and this data may be used to develop a
more robust maintenance plan
Action Items
14 STREET SWEEPING
OVERVIEW
John Ristow, Director of Transportation
Jennifer Seguin, Deputy Director
Binh Tran, Division Manager
Arian Collen, Division Manager