A new engine in its 4000 mechanical sweeper -- a 240hp turbo-charged Cummins diesel. Coupled with a new Sauer traction pump, the 4000 model has been re-engineered to achieve a smooth and reliable ...

Workers take an electric street sweeper past a shared fuel station on a test run at the city of Vancouver Public Works office March 7, 2023. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files) Nearly two years after ...

When it comes to keeping streets cleared, most cities pretty much have it under control (despite everyone’s claim that their city is the worst). But when you shrink streets down into bike lanes, ...

For the first time in over 25 years, a comprehensive, grant-funded national test of street sweeper performance took place the second week of July, marking a pivotal moment for the power sweeping ...

Mileage records show that street sweepers collectively traveled 60,852 miles as they cleaned Sacramento’s streets last year. In other words, without leaving the roadways of California’s capital city, ...

Nearly two years after the city of Vancouver began looking for an all-electric street sweeper to replace its existing fleet of diesel-powered sweepers, the city has yet to make a purchase. “To date, ...