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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a big fan of protected bike lanes but would be more than OK with a car-free lane (a.k.a. bus lane) on CT Ave if the city acquires a couple of dozen more tow trucks and finds a way to use the [b]Western Ave bus station[/b] and other various premises throughout the city as impound lots. [/quote]

It is an active bus repair facility. There isn't space to have it as an impound lot.[/quote]

If towing is to be a real deterrent and is not going to be outsourced to private companies (which it probably should be, on short contracts to guard against scurrilous behavior) then the city needs to find more places across the city to tow vehicles once impounded. As of now, the one and only city impound lot is in Blue Plains, which is literally the most remote part of the city. Towing a vehicle from NW to there is probably at least a 90 minute round trip. And apparently it’s almost always full.[/quote]

DC used to contract with private towing companies and it was incredibly corrupt. The companies would more or less just randomly tow (often legally parked) cars, fail to inform car owners where the vehicles had been towed and then charge exorbitant amounts to get them out, or just outright sell the cars if they weren't picked up quickly. It got so bad the feds had to investigate, and the practice was rightfully scrapped early this century.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/01/10/two-sue-dc-police-towing-companies/48ba10b7-8376-46df-a90c-54557809607a/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2001/08/26/some-agencies-knew-of-dc-towing-scheme/32588767-1ff1-42bd-815e-1cd324b8c752/

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