About
Know your city’s rules, today
CityWise Today brings each city’s parking rules together on one clear page: when the street sweeper comes, what changes on holidays, where you can park during a snow emergency, how to pay or contest a ticket, and what to do if your car is towed.
Why we built it
In many US cities, parking on the street means keeping track of sweeping days, holiday schedules, snow emergencies and winter restrictions. That information is usually spread across city websites, PDFs, court pages and impound lot pages. Miss one detail and you can end up with a ticket or a towed car.
We do the digging, check everything against official sources and put it in one place, in plain English.
What you’ll find on every city page
- What’s happening now: sweeping seasons, active restrictions and upcoming holidays
- Street sweeping: seasons, hours, signs and how to find your street’s day
- Holidays: what changes on each city holiday
- Snow and winter parking: emergency rules by day and winter restrictions, where they apply
- Parking tickets: how to pay, deadlines, late fees and how to contest
- Towing: where your car goes, what it costs and what to bring
- Official links and contacts for every topic
How we check our information
Every rule, date, fee and deadline comes from official city, county and court sources, and each section shows when we last checked it. Read our Editorial Policy to see how we research, verify and update each page.
Who’s behind CityWise Today
CityWise Today is researched and written by Lorena Hayes. She started CityWise Today to turn confusing city rules, spread across PDFs and government pages, into one clear page per city, and she checks every page against official sources.
Cities we cover
Chicago, IL · Minneapolis, MN · Milwaukee, WI · St. Paul, MN · more cities coming soon.
Don’t see your city? Request it here and we’ll research it.
Good to know
- Is CityWise Today an official website? No. We’re independent and not affiliated with any city, court or towing company. We link to official sources so you can confirm everything.
- Is it free? Yes. The site is supported by advertising.
- Found a mistake? Use “Report an error” on any page or our Contact page. We review every report.
- Is this legal advice? No. See our Disclaimer.