Labor Day Wake-Up
One of life’s little mysteries on Block 832 lately is why PMUA trucks come down our driveway in increasing frequency.
Our 6-family building once had a driveway separated from the one next door by railroad ties. After Fred Tedesco sold the large apartment building next door to David Connolly a few years ago, the railroad ties were removed. Now there is one shared driveway.
PMUA trucks used to pull up the driveway three times a week to service both buildings, but lately trucks are coming along every day, sometimes three times a day. My call to the PMUA did not yield any reason why this is happening and when I asked a supervisor outside, he told the workers I was a “problem child” for asking.
These trucks are huge, noisy and smelly. Sometimes they can’t maneuver around the corner of the big building without a lot of braking and pulling back and forth. This is due in part to people deciding to park in the driveway instead of by their garages.
Even though we see notices that there will be no collection on holidays, the trucks show up anyway. One drove up at 1 a.m. today and another at 2:30 a.m.
Maybe there is a good reason for this increased traffic. Maybe one truck is coming for trash and one for recyclables instead of putting everything on the same truck, which used to make us wonder why we bothered to separate recyclables. Maybe Connolly Properties has shifted to daily pickups.
But in a time of alarm over global warming, the constant visits of these lumbering behemoths are worrying. People are looking at smaller cars or mass transit to get around. Could there be a more nimble way of performing trash and recycling collection in the future?
Anyway, now that PMUA has gotten me up so early, let me be the first to wish everyone a pleasant Labor Day!
--Bernice Paglia
Our 6-family building once had a driveway separated from the one next door by railroad ties. After Fred Tedesco sold the large apartment building next door to David Connolly a few years ago, the railroad ties were removed. Now there is one shared driveway.
PMUA trucks used to pull up the driveway three times a week to service both buildings, but lately trucks are coming along every day, sometimes three times a day. My call to the PMUA did not yield any reason why this is happening and when I asked a supervisor outside, he told the workers I was a “problem child” for asking.
These trucks are huge, noisy and smelly. Sometimes they can’t maneuver around the corner of the big building without a lot of braking and pulling back and forth. This is due in part to people deciding to park in the driveway instead of by their garages.
Even though we see notices that there will be no collection on holidays, the trucks show up anyway. One drove up at 1 a.m. today and another at 2:30 a.m.
Maybe there is a good reason for this increased traffic. Maybe one truck is coming for trash and one for recyclables instead of putting everything on the same truck, which used to make us wonder why we bothered to separate recyclables. Maybe Connolly Properties has shifted to daily pickups.
But in a time of alarm over global warming, the constant visits of these lumbering behemoths are worrying. People are looking at smaller cars or mass transit to get around. Could there be a more nimble way of performing trash and recycling collection in the future?
Anyway, now that PMUA has gotten me up so early, let me be the first to wish everyone a pleasant Labor Day!
--Bernice Paglia
posted by Bernice at 5:40 AM
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