Los Angeles, CA using geomapping to clean streets
To more effectively track the cleanliness of its streets, Los Angeles developed a state-of-the-art street-by-street cleanliness assessment system, CleanStat. With this new tool, Sanitation is better equipped to target areas of high need, and to ensure a fair allocation of services.
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Turning Dirty Streets Clean through Comprehensive Open Data Mapping | Data-Smart City Solutions
March 16, 2017 Civic Analytics Network
Turning Dirty Streets Clean through Comprehensive Open Data Mapping | Data-Smart City Solutions
Turning Dirty Streets Clean through Comprehensive Open Data Mapping
Through a Clean Streets LA initiative called CleanStat, Los Angeles is the first city to map the cleanliness of every one of its blocks.
Turning Dirty Streets Clean through Comprehensive Open Data Mapping
Highlights
Los Angeles launched the Clean Streets LA (CSLA) initiative in April of 2015.
One year later, CleanStat was launched and became one of the key programs of CSLA.
CleanStat uses five two-person crews to drive every street in LA every quarter and rate each block's cleanliness.
This information is used to prioritize cleanup and beautification services.
CleanStat has drastically improved overall street cleanliness across Los Angeles.
Summary
In April of 2015, Los Angeles launched the Clean Streets LA (CSLA) initiative to create a partnership between the city and its residents, businesses, and community organizations to improve the overall cleanliness of the city’s streets. One of the main projects generated by CSLA is called $ CleanStat$ , which began in April of 2016. This system utilizes five two-person crews to drive more than 22,000 miles every quarter and assess the cleanliness of all 42,000 city blocks in Los Angeles.
The crews take geocoded images using Esri’s ArcGIS Collecter app, then assign a cleanliness score of either 1 (clean), 2 (some cleaning required), or 3 (needs immediate attention). The score is based on four criteria: loose litter, bulky items, weeds, and the presence of illegal dumping. These ratings are then color-coded and recorded on an interactive story map hosted on GeoHub. Citizens can also report issues on their block by using the mobile app MyLA311.
The city uses CleanStat in several different ways. Service delivery routes for trash cleanup and pickup are determined by trends observed in the mapping efforts. Quarterly reports are also delivered to council districts, assisting them in deciding where to deploy trash receptacles and focus beautification projects. The CSLA program has funding for 5,000 new garbage containers, more than 1,500 garbage of which have already been placed across Los Angeles using CleanStat. All of these are mapped on GeoHub.
CleanStat has not only improved the effectiveness of city cleanup, but it’s also increased the efficiency of these efforts. The Bureau of Street Services, the Office of Community Beautification, the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, and LAPD, among others, use trend data to prioritize service areas. Areas that are consistently littered receive trash bins, freeway off-ramps that are frequent targets of illegal dumping are patrolled more often, and routes with high levels of foot traffic become priorities for beautification efforts.
Within one year of the inception of CleanStat, Los Angeles reduced the number of unclean blocks (those with a rating of 3) by 82% and somewhat clean streets (score of 2) by 84%. After just two quarters, only 1% of the city streets were rated unclean, and 87% of the roads were rated clean. These efforts didn’t go unnoticed, and Los Angeles was one of only two cities nationwide to receive the coveted Analytics 50 Award.