Iowa City’s Streets Division is anticipating that leaf crews will be able to complete 2 zones per day for the first week of the program. The leaves have been very light this week which has allowed us to move through the zones fairly quickly.

Crews will not go back for missed piles of leaves. Please make sure your leaves are accessible to crews and free of parked cars. To guarantee pickup, please have all of your leaves at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on the 1st day your zone is scheduled.

Thursday, Oct. 19 – Completing Zone #2 + Entering Zones #3 & #4

Friday, Oct. 20...

Iowa City’s Streets Division is anticipating that leaf crews will be able to complete a zone to a zone and a half each day for the first few weeks of the program.

Crews will not go back for missed piles of leaves. Please make sure your leaves are accessible to crews and free of parked cars. To guarantee pickup, please have all of your leaves at the curb on by 7:00 a.m. on the 1st day your zone is scheduled.

Tuesday, Oct. 17 – Completing Zone #6 + Entering Zone #7

Wednesday, Oct. 18 – Entering Zones #1 & #2

Thursday, Oct. 19 – Completing Zone #2 +...

More than 15,000 Hawkeye fans will line the streets of Downtown Iowa City on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, for the annual University of Iowa Homecoming Parade.

The parade will begin at 5:45 p.m., but expect street closures, parking restrictions and changes to the City’s transit routes earlier in the day.

Drivers should be aware of continued construction on Dubuque Street, and should consider taking an alternate route before and after the parade. Delays during heavy traffic can vary from 15-to-30 minutes.

Traffic in the Downtown area will be heavy beginning around 3 p.m. as...

Drivers should take notice of new stop signs coming to school routes.

An all-way stop will be permanently installed at the intersections of East Court Street and Fourth Avenue, as well as Sandusky and Taylor drives in the upcoming days.

The changes are intended to improve safety at locations where a large number of pedestrians, mostly school-age children, cross the street. Additional warning signage will also be installed to highlight the traffic pattern change near both intersections.

People should use caution as drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians become familiar...