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Innovations drive city productivity with fewer workers
A presidential panel highlights municipal experiments to boost output without higher taxes. Examples include Monroe meter readers using scooters and radios, Orange California sharing crews, Plainville police extra days off for perfect attendance, Milwaukee soliciting faster payments with return envelopes, Detroit divesting savings with larger trucks, Des Moines radio vans patrolling 10 hours daily, Naperville electric cars for readers, and cities allowing sanitation workers to go home when routes end.
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New York City
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Monroe
N.C
Orange
Calif
Plainville
Conn
Milwaukee
Wis
Sanitation Union Department
Detroit
Mich
Des Moines
Iowa