Parking
spaces for scores of motorcycles have been replaced by ‘docking
stations’ for push bikes in the London Mayor’s flagship cycle hire
scheme.
Eight motorcycle bays, each thought to have accommodated up to 20
motorcycles or scooters, have been replaced by cycle docking stations
in Boris Johnson’s scheme, which received £25 million sponsorship from
Barclays.
In Westminster, where extra motorcycle parking was promised in
return for a new £1 daily charge, dozens of motorcycle spaces have been
replaced.
A bay for at least 20 motorcycles has been scrapped to make way for
one docking station on Little Argyll Street, near Oxford Circus.
Another 20 motorcycle spaces have gone near Charing Cross police
station. Warren Djanogly, chairman of No to the Bike Parking Tax, said:
“The motorcycle bay there has been halved to accommodate the cycle hire
scheme. I’d say about 20 spaces have been lost.”
A Transport for London spokesman said: “Cycle hire docking stations
have replaced motorcycle parking at a very small number of sites, but
in each case these parking spaces have been relocated nearby by the
relevant borough. In some cases, additional motorcycle parking spaces
are being provided at the new sites.”
Stock broker Richard Jones, 37, who used to park his Honda Transalp
in the Argyll Street bay, said: “It now takes me 15 minutes longer to
find a space every morning. Where are these new motorcycle bays?”
I know it's terrible that they are taking away bays for motorcyclists. Gosh there are enough bloody parking spaces for cars in the city why not trample some of those spaces down!
Also why is it that whenever there is a biker crash on the news it's made a massive deal of....they bang on about how dangerous they are and how they are lethal to road users! The thing that is lethal to anyone are those bloody shit drivers who don't check their blind spots!!!
Sorry....annoyed by them as someone nearly knocked me off the M6 motorway last week when I was coming off on the slip road for a junction and a car indicated nearly knocking me off! Arse holes! ha-ha. Oooh so fiery today....maybe it's packing that's making me this way!
ha-ha yeah I think I need to, it's just I do get annoyed thinking about how many people have nearly run me off the road because they can't be arsed to check their blind spots!
I tell you what riding a bike and then getting in the car always makes me check those things.
MBW if you have been nealy run off the road that many times you may find your sitting there blind spot sorry but there are alot of riders out there that dont think. I know this thread will go off like a firework now but we are only as safe as we make ourself
JP even if I am sitting in their blind spot which I wasn't, there is no excuse for people not checking their blind spots. It's taught in the practical car test and it's just laziness from car drivers! This particular guy was a shocking driver and swerved over without indicating!
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