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Originally Posted by Bill14564

There might be a more detailed explanation elsewhere, particularly on districtgov.org, but my recollection is this change was made for two reasons:

1. Safety: Trucks drive down one side of the road, rather than in the middle, and no one runs across the road picking up bags

2. Manpower: With only one side of the street being picked up at a time, the crew can be reduced from three to two (driver and loader).

Related: It was stated that the part of the cost saved by reducing the size of the crew would be translated into increased wages for the two that remained.

They never done that on busy street just residential streets anyway.