Motorcycle parking petition...NYC...sign anyway goshdarnit..

juggernaught · January 05, 2005, 09:37:42 PM

Good lord i cussed....

Ya i know most of you aren't in the area but this has been a growing problem over here. I have had to argue parking tickets more than i care to mention. Most of the time they were dismissed....and that's because most of the time they were unfairly written...for example...i got a ticket for "piggybacking" as it was written on the ticket. This being for sharing a metered parking space with a car. Problem was i got there first...and why the heck should it matter..??

Anyhow...after work i found this card on my bike with a link to this site which has a petition addressing this very problem. Though most of you aren't "locals" i encourage you to sign. Hey you could be a potential motorcycling tourist with a need for safe, secure and legal parking in NYC.

Thanx in advance...

juggernaught · January 05, 2005, 09:39:23 PM

err....oops...you might want a link to that site i imagine.... :lol:

http://parkingnow.org/

Well there you have it. heh... :mrgreen:

weaselnoze · January 05, 2005, 09:59:26 PM

well first of all i can see why piggybacking is illegal. they are trying to make money off charging people to park. if u park in a spot with someone else, they dont make money off you. i mean it sucks but i still can see why... charging people to park their car is ridiculous as it is

cummuterguy · January 06, 2005, 07:06:13 PM

signature number 1677, good luck!

juggernaught · January 06, 2005, 07:29:07 PM

Thanx yall...!!

Ry_Guy · January 06, 2005, 07:45:08 PM

Big number 1678. And I'm from Minnesota. Ha

Eklipse · January 06, 2005, 08:40:09 PM

Signature 1680. I really hate having to park on a sidewalk or someplace all ghetto because NO PLACE has motorcycle parking (except ONE mall and my college. But the campus police don't care where you park anyway, go college.).

Conzar · January 06, 2005, 10:19:21 PM

Sig number is [1681]
I'm all for more motorcycle parking --- hope it gets through!

The Buddha · January 06, 2005, 11:11:39 PM

Quote from: weaselnozewell first of all i can see why piggybacking is illegal. they are trying to make money off charging people to park. if u park in a spot with someone else, they dont make money off you. i mean it sucks but i still can see why... charging people to park their car is ridiculous as it is

1682 ... whooo hooo ...
But weaselnoz one small counter point ... one person paid for the spot ... ok now with a car that whole spot is occupied, with a bike 90% is empty ... OK the 10 people that part there may take turns feeding the meter ... other than that ... no real issues ... In cities the social and economic impact of motorcycles is totally over looked or ignored ... the cities will be a 100 times worse if the bike were all replaced by cars ... SFO, LA ... 2 places I have seen and been in meetings ... totally need 40-50-60% of the cars replaced by bikes ... waaay too many cars ...
Cool.
Srinath.

Dom · January 07, 2005, 12:39:01 AM

You should post that link over at www.cycleforums.com somewhere, maybe in the sportbikes section. That place has like 23,000 members.

I tried to post it but I can't post URLs yet because I don't have 15 posts yet....and it's a good cause too...damn solicitors...

Jared · January 07, 2005, 05:03:18 AM

Weazel...they make 10-20 times the money (or more ) off of writing citations for illegal parking than they do off the meters... ( say it's 75$ for the ticket..versus the 3$ it cost you (or however much it is..)... for the meter.

They WANT to write you tickets...

They passed a parking law in Annapolis MD about 2 years ago.... They used to have alot of bikes (6 or so..) per parking spot downtown... It was mainly down on Dock road..which is the waterfront-main street area where all the shops are ( touristy area..). There's a few hangouts (bars etc) that get frequented..

Now you can only have 2 bikes per parking spot...Anymore and all 3 get a ticket. Now if You and I parked and left and the 3rd guy showed up later....how is that fair to you and me???

We ( a few hundred ) bikes went down there the day the law went into effect and parked our bikes- 1 bike per spot - and stayed alll damn day. We handed out fliers to the people that were trolling for parking spaces. They made about 5 parking spots motorcycle only and free.. Some cars parked there... 3 got tickets and one got towed....(the one that got towed got a flier under the windshield wiper...(yes I did it...hehehehe).

This law does nothing but allow more tickets to be written -which gives them more income.... It has nothing to do with sensible parking laws...

If you can put 6 bikes in a spot...why make them take up 3 spots when parking is at a huge premium there....?

It's always about money....

scratch · January 07, 2005, 08:46:25 AM

#1686. Same problem in San Francisco.

Spitfire · January 07, 2005, 12:17:23 PM

tdan553527 · January 07, 2005, 12:21:40 PM

1689, Good luck

Daniely · January 07, 2005, 01:40:51 PM

1691

mp183 · January 07, 2005, 04:53:30 PM

1692
It's good to dream.
Despite everything I can always find parking.
Even by St. Patrick's Cathederal.

96gs · January 07, 2005, 05:09:55 PM

1694

mrblink · January 08, 2005, 12:10:25 AM

1695 - Moving to New Jersey in a couple months, so I'll probably have to deal with NY bike parking.

john · January 08, 2005, 12:33:09 AM

1696 here. You need to post this petition on more bike boards.

juggernaught · January 08, 2005, 09:26:02 AM

Thanx guys and gals....and yes i will post this on a few more boards....after i do the laundry and before the playoff games...or maybe during halftime...decisions decisions.... :dunno:

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