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

[StoneY]

Signed! Arseholes, John I hope you are monitoring this thread.
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Its not John this time old buddy
Another chap has the job of rorting us this round

I repeat, John was true to his word, despite what many think of the prior thread regarding footpaths and even increased the parking for bikes

18 months later, new challenge.
And yes casseye, I know you will ride if needed.

I secured an invite for MAG-NZ's rep to attend the discussion as well.
Council officer in charge will only allow one rep from each org
BRONZ
MAG
Ulysses
WIMA
and some public member who's been hassling them apparently (no idea who's side he is on)

Petition now past 200 sigs on day 2 and snowballing woot!!!!

Thanks Casseye, Maha, all of you great support
Its a wonderful thing to see us all unite for a good cause, and as stated in this thread, if Welly loses its parking what other councils will follow suit?

[rustic101]

Signed! Arseholes, John

Funny old thing... A guy at work was elected as a Councilor at elections. He and others are not impressed with the new 'Green' Mayor - Apparently she is extremely 'Blue-Green' with a strong focus on making money...

[Vinz0r]

Signed.

(10 char)

[bistard]

You set up the bike parking with each bike space having a number painted on the road.
After you park you enter the number into a parking meter machine, then pay for how long you want to park. No ticket is printed. The parking meter machine can be checked to see which spaces have been paid for.

You can thank me later

Nigel, you can go away!!!!!,that is far to practical,it will never work,well I hope they dont read these forums
It would negate the damage factor though

[cheshirecat]

Who are these WCC people - do they have names?

[Arrowolf]

Signed, if i come up one day to welly,all the way from beautiful Arrowtown to the other side.
Fight for the right
Arrowolf

[riffer]

I'm the petition organiser guys. We at BRONZ Wellington reckon that this is a test case for National - If Welly can get away with charging motorcyclists to park - the rest of the country is next.

We may yet have to flex a little muscle before this one is over.

Thanks for all the support guys.

[shrub]

Signed. I don't want this kind of madness spreading

[BRONZ Spokesperson]

The Official BRONZ position on this matter is:


WCC have alluded to the fact that they may decide to charge for motorcycle parking in Wellington City.

BRONZ were notified of this by email with an invitation for BRONZ, as well as other motorcycling representatives nominated by Council, to participate in discussions with Senior WCC Parking Officers, as a first step in consultation on future changes to the parking systems in Wellington. It was alluded to that motorcycles may be charged for their parking on street or moved into parking buildings for nominally set fees as well as other changes including time-limited spaces in retail areas.

BRONZ believes this may be a test case for Nation-wide changes to motorcycle parking protocols and standards with Wellington as the first to fall.

While this is definitely a Wellington issue we believe all motorcycling groups throughout the nation need to put their collective weight behind BRONZ Wellington and their allies MAG NZ to ensure this is stopped DEAD.

The meeting will be held early February. Watch this thread for updates.

Confirmed attendees are:

BRONZ Wellington
MAG-NZ
Ulysses

Yet to be confirmed are:
WIMA

We thank you all for your support in this situation.

The BRONZ Federation on behalf of Wellington Branch.

[davebullet]

A good protest (not an original idea I know) would be to pay and take up car parks at popular areas at the same time of day. Yes - I said pay (to be almost legal) which would save money in the long run (a little spent in protest to save a lot later).

Although some may feel this might alienate car drivers, if the right banners were put together such as "council wants us to use paid parks!" "keep it free and out of your way" - we might be able to on-side cage drivers.

[riffer]

A good protest (not an original idea I know) would be to pay and take up car parks at popular areas at the same time of day. Yes - I said pay (to be legal) which would save money in the long run (a little spent in protest to save a lot later).

Although some may feel this might alienate car drivers, if the right banners were put together such as "council wants us to use paid parks!" "keep it free and out of your way" - we might be able to on-side cage drivers.

It would be a good idea but they introduced a by-law to make this illegal after we tried it last time. Motorcycles CANNOT park in Welly car parks.

[davebullet]

It would be a good idea but they introduced a by-law to make this illegal after we tried it last time. Motorcycles CANNOT park in Welly car parks.

Yeah- good point. realised that and edited to say almost legal.

[cheshirecat]

If WCC are really committed to green/sub as per their policy statements, to jump to public transport (which according to this research) is inaccurate thinking. The research applies to the UK so how it works here with 60 year old (almost deserted outside rush hrs) trains makes their transport policy even less viable.

It therefore makes bikes That much more relevant and important to the green/sub message they wish to give to world.

[BRONZ Spokesperson]

The Official BRONZ position on this matter is:


WCC have alluded to the fact that they may decide to charge for motorcycle parking in Wellington City.

BRONZ were notified of this by email with an invitation for BRONZ, as well as other motorcycling representatives nominated by Council, to participate in discussions with Senior WCC Parking Officers, as a first step in consultation on future changes to the parking systems in Wellington. It was alluded to that motorcycles may be charged for their parking on street or moved into parking buildings for nominally set fees as well as other changes including time-limited spaces in retail areas.

BRONZ believes this may be a test case for Nation-wide changes to motorcycle parking protocols and standards with Wellington as the first to fall.

While this is definitely a Wellington issue we believe all motorcycling groups throughout the nation need to put their collective weight behind BRONZ Wellington and their allies MAG NZ to ensure this is stopped DEAD.

The meeting will be held early February. Watch this thread for updates.

Confirmed attendees are:

BRONZ Wellington
MAG-NZ
Ulysses

Yet to be confirmed are:
WIMA

We thank you all for your support in this situation.

The BRONZ Federation on behalf of Wellington Branch.

[StoneY]

Who are these WCC people - do they have names?

Yes there is a name behind this, but the way these things work we are far better off awaiting the initial discussions before we go headhunting

A lot of hot heads would start contacting the guy(s) directly and make the situation far worse, more hostile, and harder for BRONZ and MAG etc to make a real impact

Lets approach this one in a professional manner...at least until we call the troops in to make some noise if genuine consultation methods fail us