The city’s first “You Name a Snowplow” contest started its second phase Sunday, allowing residents to vote for their favorite names among the finalists.
The city’s Department of Streets and Sanitation initially launched the contest Dec. 16 to name six snowplows — one for each snow district — in its fleet of almost 300 baby-blue “Snow Fighting Trucks.” Entries were submitted at chicagoshovels.org through Jan. 6. Of those, 50 finalists were chosen by the department staff.
Residents have until Jan. 31 to vote for six of the 50 finalists. The six names with the most votes will be featured on city snowplows, which can be tracked in real time on the plow tracker.
Snowplow-naming contests have been popular in other cities and states, which have used them to raise awareness for winter driving safety and to recognize employees who pilot the vehicles.
Chicagoans can vote online on the Department of Streets and Sanitation website. The finalist snowplow names were released Sunday afternoon. They include:
Austin Plowers
B.B. PlowKing
Bean there, plowed that
Benny the Bull-izzard
Best In Snow
Better Call Salt
Big Frosty
Bill Flurray/Bill Flurry
Bozo the Snowplow
C3-Psnow
Celery Salt BAE
Chance the Scraper
Chicago Style Plowza
City of Big Shovelers
Cold Faithful
Creedence Clear Road Survival
DA PLOW
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Ernie Snowbanks
Ferris Blizzard’s Day Off
Hey now, you’re a plow star
HeyChicagoWhaddyaPLOW
Holy Plow!
I Pity the Snow
Ice-Ta-La-Vista
Ima B. Salty
Jean Baptiste Point du Shovel
Little Dibbie
LollaPLOWlooza
Looper Scooper
Ludwig Mies van der Snow
Megameltasaurus
Mrs. O’Leary’s Plow
My Kind of Plow’n
Off to See the Blizzard
O-Plow Winfrey
PATROL-SALT-DeSLEET
Plowcasso
Plows on Parade
S’No Worries
Salter Payton
Sammy Snowsa
Sears Plower
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Sir Salts-A-Lot
Sleet Home Chicago
Snow Cubs Snow
Snow Motion
Super Bowl Shovel
The Defridgerator Perry
The Great Plow-dini
The Plowminator