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Posted by Timberwoof on August 28, 2008, 12:34 am
> >I was thinking more about parallel spaces rather than perpendicular
> >or diagonal spaces. I live in an urban area and most parking in the
> >shopping districts is parallel and metered.
> >
>
> Then you got the problem of parking to near either end and they hit
> you pulling in or out. No thanks.. middle of the spot if at all. I
> know you can fit multiple bikes in a spot and maybe in the city it's
> rude to take a "whole" spot, but cages just seem to think my bike has
> a big bulls-eye on it.
>
> Some beach towns in Maine will ticket multiple bikes parked in the
> same spot.
They tried that in Santa Cruz several years ago. So bikers came in early
on weekends and parked one bike in every spot, exactly as the new
ordinance required. If someone wanted to leave, he'd flag down another
biker to take the spot. There were no legal spaces for cars in any of
the touristy areas. There was nothing illegal about what the bikers were
doing ... so the city changed the ordinance back to what it was before.
> Downtown Boston it would be rude to take up a whole space..
> so I think it's a local custom type of thing.
>
> What's your observation where you are?
In San Francisco they say they try to allocate enough motorcycle parking
spaces, and you can usually find one. Otherwise I park in spaces too
narrow for cars, such as between driveways.
One time I saw a car parked across a bunch of spaces clearly marked
"Motorcycle Parking Only" Someone had parked his bike close on one end
of the car, so I parked mine close on the other end. When I got back,
the car had a ticket on the windshield. }: )
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Timberwoof <me at timberwoof dot com>
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