Snow Removal on Steroids?

Ok I live up in Garfield, we're used to eventually getting a snow plow thru here, single path, some salt, nothing special...

Right now there are THREE CAT bulldozers in my intersection, with 3 shovel guys, absolutely demolishing the snow here. They are even clearing out the street parking spaces so people don't kill each other over parking chairs. Oh wow they're dumping the snow mountains into dump trucks and taking it all away!

Last night I walked up the hill to a friend's house and the roads were pristine. No salt yet, but all the snow was cleared and piled in mountains at the corners. I felt so *taken care of*, it's a feeling i rarely get from city infrastructure, I was in awe. It's almost overkill, the job they're doing! I'm a lifelong Pittsburgher, I don't mind a *little* winter hardship, I've come to expect it, this feels too pampered!

This is not normal, I have never experienced such infrastructure efficiency (not a complaint!) so I'm wondering about that story I read of like, half the city trucks going down. Are these private contractors called in for the rescue? Is this O'Connor pulling out all the stops to put his name on this snow storm?