Motorcycle Parking in Auckland City

[jazfender]

This could be superceded soon, Palmerston North (the world leader that we are) are trialling a new remote monitoring system, which if successful will likely be taken on by other cities. Basically there is a little disc in each park which senses when a vehicle is above it cos it blocks the light. So the wardens know exactly which spaces are in use but not paid for, unless of course a smaller vehicle was using one but not covering the sensor But it sounds like they half-assed the payment system interface and the project might go belly-up because of it.

Oh man if it works on light you could have some fun with mirrors.

Plus what happens if someone just walks over it?

[oracle]

Oh man if it works on light you could have some fun with mirrors.

Plus what happens if someone just walks over it?

they have a similar system (but maybe for a different reason) in the civic carpark. There is a light above or something (was about a month ago that I noticed it) that is either red or green depending on if the park is taken or no. If you walk through a park that does not have a car in it, you can cause it to change colour. I don't know how this compares to the system in Palmy though or what effect it would have on their money grubbing

[bogan]

There is a 5 min period where you don't have to pay for the park if you're just nipping into a shop. so unless you want to stand in a park for 5 min, I don't think there will be an issue!

[not2slow]

they have a similar system (but maybe for a different reason) in the civic carpark. There is a light above or something (was about a month ago that I noticed it) that is either red or green depending on if the park is taken or no. If you walk through a park that does not have a car in it, you can cause it to change colour. I don't know how this compares to the system in Palmy though or what effect it would have on their money grubbing

I think they do this to keep count of occupied vs vacant car parks so you don't waste your time driving around for 10mins inside the carpark and then have to paid $5 to get out to go somewhere else.

[oracle]

I think they do this to keep count of occupied vs vacant car parks so you don't waste your time driving around for 10mins inside the carpark and then have to paid $5 to get out to go somewhere else.

But could they not keep track due to the number of tickets that have not been collected by the machine at the exit? Cause that would work even with the prepay system that they have on weekends and for early birds

[Berries]

Oh man if it works on light you could have some fun with mirrors.

Plus what happens if someone just walks over it?

They use these in Queenstown. If it senses that a car has been parked over the top of it for more than the time allowed for that space it notifies the warden who can put down his donuts and go and issue a ticket.

[jazfender]

All of this is still totally up for some flash mob fun...

[not2slow]

Check this article out
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10749690

There are signs aound the CBD telling you how many parks are vacant and how many are empty. I bet they do collect time information so they can beef up the $/hr fees as they will then know that parking is in high demand for a particular area.

[varminter]

While we're on the subject of parking, what's the story about parking a bike at Auckland airport, specificly the domestic terminal? I'm flying down to Queenstown for a few days in November and it's cheaper to ride to Auck's and then fly. Bike only parks? ride under barrier?

[Dutchee]

I wouldn't trust it. Car parks are provided to make money and the barriers force vehicles to pay to exit. Some car park owners may well allow motorbikes to use the odd shaped space at no charge, but you'd need to check it out first. You'd probably get away with it in an unmanned car park, but you'd get a funny look from the bloke in the box when you try and squeeze between him and the barrier when he expects his 50c. Or $25 seeing as you are in Auckland.

I've been abused by a couple of ticket people for having taken a ticket, rather than jusst riding around barriers. If I'm intending on parking for a day or so (and paying), I use the whole park, and I take the ticket with me.

Civic used to (might be a year or two back now) have a designated bike park area (roof was being fixed), but you didn't take a ticket to park there (one of the places who abused me for trying to be honest and do things right lol).

Don't go into town often (couple of times a year at most, but usually once every two years or so), so only passing on what might be history.

[MPJ]

yea as of 2 months ago civic had free parking on the top floor, just ride around barriers to get in and out

[Marmoot]

I've been abused by a couple of ticket people for having taken a ticket, rather than jusst riding around barriers. If I'm intending on parking for a day or so (and paying), I use the whole park, and I take the ticket with me.

Civic used to (might be a year or two back now) have a designated bike park area (roof was being fixed), but you didn't take a ticket to park there (one of the places who abused me for trying to be honest and do things right lol).

Don't go into town often (couple of times a year at most, but usually once every two years or so), so only passing on what might be history.

Because the ticket guy has to reconcile the tickets at the end of each day, and if someone takes a ticket and not cash it in (like some bikes would) the system might throw an error and leaves the poor guy scratching his head delaying his trip home.

Civic still has free bike parking area, but on 2nd level, and on the other side (close to the Mayoral Drive stairwell) instead. Bless Auckland City Council (God rest her soul), and hopefully Auckland Council wouldn't mind continuing the tradition. And it now has a proper warning on the machine "Motorcycle do not take ticket".