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Why Did Philly Tow My Legally Parked Car?

Why Did Philly Tow My Legally Parked Car?

Update: 2025-09-16
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 Did you know your car can be towed in Philly, even if it’s parked legally? “Courtesy towing” is a longtime – and uniquely Philly – practice where a car is moved without notice to an unknown location in order to accommodate construction or events. And it has left some Philadelphians wondering where the heck their car went. In today’s show we’re repairing a chat that host Trenae Nuri had with Bill Bender, investigative reporter for The Inquirer, to talk courtesy towing, which he’s been digging into for years. 


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Why Did Philly Tow My Legally Parked Car?

Why Did Philly Tow My Legally Parked Car?

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