Busy Day For On-Demand Snow Removal App Considered ‘Uber For Snowplowing’ CBS Philadelphia 12/18/2020 Syndicated Local – CBS Philly PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Wednesday’s winter storm meant a very busy Thursday for on-demand snow removal app Plowz & Mowz. The company reports since Wednesday, it is averaging a new request for snow removal about every 20 seconds in the Philadelphia area. The sound of shovels scraping the sidewalks is often heard in conjunction with sighs of frustration, like on Green Lane in Manayunk, where Matthew Garrison was shoveling his sidewalk. “The ice is very tough to get up. It freezes itself down and you throw some salt down, but it gets annoying after a while,” he said.