Streets Division spokesman George Dreckmann agreed residents are doing a better job complying with alternate-side parking restrictions, but said the cityâ??s efforts to get Downtown residents to move their cars during snow emergencies are not bearing much fruit.
About 5,100 people have signed up to get e-mail alerts of snow emergencies, Dreckmann said, and 2,500 or so get text message alerts. But such outreach “doesnâ??t seem to have any impact on compliance,” he said, and some people seem to consider the tickets part of the price of being a UW-Madison student or living Downtown.