HOUSTON—The Houston City Council is looking for ways to make it easier to track down cars once they’ve been towed.

Every year, 135,000 cars are towed from illegal parking spots or for traffic violations in Houston.

Police admit too many of those vehicles are lost or misplaced in the system.

They’ve introduced a solution that the city council will consider on Tuesday called the Towed Vehicle Reporting System. .

It’s an Internet-based system that will operate through the police Web site.

It will provide immediate access and information to the public and tow operators.

Currently, police are working with a single phone line to keep up with tows.

The average stay for a car that’s a non-consent tow is about two days, but some cars can get lost in the system for weeks.