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Was Your Car Towed? Find It Online

By Chuck Sudo in News on Jun 16, 2011 8:51PM

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Programmer Scott Robbin has taken information from the city's Open Data portal (which is becoming the early gift that keeps on giving of the Emanuel Administration) and created a web site that allows drivers who can't find their car to find out if it was towed. It works both online and via your smartphone browser.

This is going to come in handy once winter parking rules go into effect later this year. [Via]