Private parking lot owners are increasingly employing a new tool to collect fees from drivers: Bright yellow boxes called “barnacles” that adhere to windshields, making vehicles impossible to drive.
KYW’s City Hall bureau chief Pat Loeb reports a bill introduced in Philadelphia City Council Thursday would try to regulate the devices.
(Photo: Chris Mansfield & Durrell Hospedale/PHL City Council)


Mar 05, 2026



