LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Finding parking in Los Angeles is never easy, but on street sweeping days it becomes even more of a pain as entire blocks are off limits for hours.
Street sweepers went high-tech in 2015 with GPS sensors. They were installed to determine the most efficient sweeping routes. But now, officials hope to use the data to ease parking.
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They want people to be able to park on a street after a sweeper has passed. The City Council authorized a pilot program to figure out how to do that.
The idea is to make the GPS street sweeper data available to the public through a website or phone application.
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Council members hope it will free up parking spaces earlier and reduce the number of parking tickets.