Keep Wellington's motorcycle parking free - sign the petition!

**cheshirecat** · 28th March 2011, 19:05

Originally Posted by Jon Visser

Hi all,

Riders need to understand that they are competing with increasing numbers of other riders and drivers for access to limited on-road space. Riders should see the Council as the "referee", not the opponent. The game is working out where best each party should park to carry out their desired activity, within a very constrained playing field, and then applying the 3Es (engineering, education & enforcement) to get all the parties to play safely & fairly with each other. Even in sports, each team may only have a certain number of players on the field (even though there is plenty of room for more :-). What can you do to "win"? Understand the constraints of the playing field, then look at the needs of your competitors and find a "better" solution for them...

Kind regards,

Jon Visser
Infrastructure Performance Manager
Wellington City Council

Cool to see you back -thought you'd gone into 'council cloud'

Good post - One of the biggest hindrences to MC parking is not being allowed on pavements or other similar areas. Now motorised parking on P's is against the road code but are there ways for facilities on wide pavements (crt pl near Saatchi's) which wouldn't obstruct pedestrain flow.

Also are there initiatives the MC community could help WCC and W public generally (ie masive earthquake or tsuami.) - hypothec of course.

As a personal view I appreciate the concept of mini bike parks -the extra noticed have really helped and cut down no end of time doing circuits and bumps

**cheshirecat** · 3rd April 2011, 19:39

Posssible aid to motorcycle parking - park nose to curb not paralllel

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/Ne...freethenfined/

**Jon Visser** · 4th April 2011, 10:41

Originally Posted by cheshirecat

One of the biggest hindrences to MC parking is not being allowed on pavements or other similar areas. Now motorised parking on P's is against the road code but are there ways for facilities on wide pavements (crt pl near Saatchi's) which wouldn't obstruct pedestrain flow.

Our goal is to ensure that there are places on the road that are available for casual parking of motorcycles and scooters, so that there is no need to park on the footpath. Footpaths are used for a lot of things, not just walking from A to B, and stationary motorcycles do get in the way of those other activities even if riders do not realise this. It is not just the space, but also the ability to get safely in & out.

Originally Posted by cheshirecat

Also are there initiatives the MC community could help WCC and W public generally (ie masive earthquake or tsuami.) - hypothec of course.

Yes - off-road vehicles like trailbikes may come in useful for carrying out damage assessments or to relay communications when roads become inaccessible. In the past we have had nothing formal in place as trying to contact a long list of individuals (some of whom may be incapacitated or not have access to phones themselves) is difficult under those circumstances. However, if there is an off-road/trailbiking club that our Wellington Emergency Management Office can include on its "useful contacts list" (especially those in the Hutt or Porirua) that would be great (in fact, we may have this already). WEMO can then deal with just the club (if reachable) and the club can then locate its people and advise WEMO what resources are available and how they can be contacted. We're doing the same with taxi companies & 4WD clubs - if someone can send me a PM with contact details that would be great.

**riffer** · 11th May 2011, 18:59

Shameless bump guys.

We present the epetition to WCC tomorrow.

Simon
BRONZ Wellington Media Liaison

**StoneY** · 12th May 2011, 13:04

Please see other thread

**nudemetalz** · 23rd June 2011, 12:20

Jon has posted a thread about WCC clamping down on parking...
Moderators may want to move it here...

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...g?p=1130092238

**StoneY** · 23rd June 2011, 13:15

Originally Posted by nudemetalz

Jon has posted a thread about WCC clamping down on parking...
Moderators may want to move it here...

nah mate no need to merge the threads it would break the continuity of both thread chains

Jon has another thread somewhere here that we can place 'requests' to consider spots as officially sanctioned bike parks

I saw the new spaces appearing in the Featherston St side roads and was very much impressed with the positive response from Council to our efforts to work with them in finding a workable solution to decreasing curb space and increasing bike numbers

**caseye** · 23rd June 2011, 17:41

Now that sounds positively Positive! nice work there those who were behind the scenes.
And to Jon, many thanks for listening and making changes where you can.

**ELectronicFlesh** · 22nd March 2013, 13:37

Having looked around online I can't seem to find any information on if motorcycle parking is still free in Wellington, do any of you know if it still is? And if so, are there any places to park around Wellington station?
Apologies for the bump. Cheers!